James in New Jersey
Babies in New Jersey
129,652
since 1910
Rank in New Jersey · 2025
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recorded as girls
#6
recorded as boys
Peak year in New Jersey
1945
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in New Jersey, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named James in New Jersey from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 350 | 6 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 333 | 9 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 343 | 6 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 348 | 8 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 372 | 7 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 375 | 9 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 369 | 8 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 374 | 13 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 391 | 13 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 389 | 16 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 402 | 16 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 395 | 17 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 358 | 20 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 360 | 22 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 376 | 22 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 358 | 22 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 367 | 24 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 429 | 19 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 462 | 18 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 453 | 17 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 432 | 23 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 528 | 16 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 556 | 15 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 532 | 19 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 580 | 15 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 554 | 19 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 561 | 20 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 628 | 18 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 660 | 16 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 674 | 16 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 758 | 13 |
| 1994 | 5 | 962 | 793 | 13 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 866 | 13 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 889 | 14 |
| 1991 | 6 | 843 | 930 | 13 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 971 | 14 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 968 | 12 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 1,008 | 11 |
| 1987 | 6 | 756 | 936 | 11 |
| 1986 | 6 | 739 | 1,019 | 9 |
| 1985 | 7 | 653 | 1,044 | 9 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 955 | 10 |
| 1983 | 8 | 574 | 957 | 10 |
| 1982 | 6 | 718 | 967 | 11 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 982 | 9 |
| 1980 | 8 | 581 | 979 | 9 |
| 1979 | 6 | 729 | 1,018 | 9 |
| 1978 | 5 | 803 | 1,053 | 8 |
| 1977 | 10 | 485 | 1,014 | 9 |
| 1976 | 8 | 543 | 1,076 | 7 |
| 1975 | 10 | 520 | 1,062 | 7 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 1,082 | 8 |
| 1973 | 6 | 689 | 1,225 | 7 |
| 1972 | 12 | 458 | 1,393 | 6 |
| 1971 | 5 | 773 | 1,682 | 5 |
| 1970 | 10 | 545 | 1,817 | 5 |
| 1969 | 7 | 637 | 1,800 | 5 |
| 1968 | 9 | 548 | 1,896 | 5 |
| 1967 | 14 | 420 | 1,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | 14 | 420 | 2,148 | 4 |
| 1965 | 6 | 658 | 2,215 | 4 |
| 1964 | 11 | 497 | 2,428 | 4 |
| 1963 | 12 | 465 | 2,309 | 4 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 2,313 | 4 |
| 1961 | 10 | 487 | 2,432 | 4 |
| 1960 | 10 | 483 | 2,439 | 4 |
| 1959 | 8 | 518 | 2,448 | 4 |
| 1958 | 11 | 440 | 2,332 | 4 |
| 1957 | 5 | 645 | 2,506 | 4 |
| 1956 | 6 | 565 | 2,472 | 4 |
| 1955 | 6 | 526 | 2,354 | 4 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 2,301 | 4 |
| 1953 | 7 | 468 | 2,333 | 4 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 2,196 | 4 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 2,226 | 3 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 2,137 | 3 |
| 1949 | 7 | 408 | 2,054 | 4 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 2,097 | 4 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 2,241 | 4 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 2,030 | 5 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 1,652 | 5 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 1,597 | 5 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 1,708 | 5 |
| 1942 | 8 | 351 | 1,705 | 4 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 1,327 | 5 |
| 1940 | 7 | 304 | 1,134 | 5 |
| 1939 | 6 | 324 | 1,037 | 6 |
| 1938 | 8 | 286 | 1,035 | 6 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 926 | 6 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 938 | 6 |
| 1935 | 8 | 256 | 989 | 6 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 1,016 | 5 |
| 1933 | 7 | 284 | 959 | 6 |
| 1932 | 5 | 340 | 1,005 | 6 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 1,063 | 5 |
| 1930 | 7 | 317 | 1,088 | 5 |
| 1929 | 11 | 251 | 1,054 | 5 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 1,030 | 5 |
| 1927 | 7 | 317 | 1,082 | 5 |
| 1926 | 8 | 292 | 1,046 | 6 |
| 1925 | 5 | 364 | 971 | 7 |
| 1924 | 8 | 293 | 1,011 | 7 |
| 1923 | 5 | 380 | 1,008 | 6 |
| 1922 | 7 | 296 | 1,004 | 7 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 959 | 8 |
| 1920 | 6 | 323 | 955 | 8 |
| 1919 | 5 | 338 | 823 | 9 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 798 | 9 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 772 | 9 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 736 | 9 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 681 | 7 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 555 | 8 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 429 | 8 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 377 | 7 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 200 | 6 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 171 | 4 |