James in New York
Babies in New York
349,759
since 1910
Rank in New York · 2025
#1830
recorded as girls
#8
recorded as boys
Peak year in New York
1947
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in New York, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named James in New York from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 1830 | 658 | 8 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 642 | 10 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 678 | 7 |
| 2022 | 6 | 1863 | 619 | 11 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 744 | 6 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 709 | 9 |
| 2019 | 7 | 1709 | 827 | 8 |
| 2018 | 5 | 2175 | 762 | 17 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 890 | 11 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 879 | 15 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 924 | 14 |
| 2014 | 5 | 2203 | 905 | 17 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 884 | 18 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 849 | 18 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 890 | 20 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 901 | 18 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 933 | 17 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 959 | 16 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 990 | 18 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 1,048 | 17 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 988 | 19 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 1,127 | 16 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 1,124 | 16 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 1,071 | 19 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 1,112 | 19 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 1,187 | 18 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 1,243 | 19 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 1,295 | 18 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 1,376 | 17 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 1,492 | 16 |
| 1995 | 6 | 1706 | 1,588 | 17 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 1,718 | 16 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 1,819 | 16 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 1,983 | 13 |
| 1991 | 8 | 1420 | 2,041 | 14 |
| 1990 | 8 | 1392 | 2,192 | 13 |
| 1989 | 10 | 1166 | 2,173 | 14 |
| 1988 | 13 | 924 | 2,110 | 12 |
| 1987 | 7 | 1406 | 2,108 | 12 |
| 1986 | 5 | 1757 | 2,135 | 12 |
| 1985 | 16 | 742 | 2,245 | 9 |
| 1984 | 17 | 715 | 2,264 | 9 |
| 1983 | 18 | 680 | 2,229 | 10 |
| 1982 | 22 | 593 | 2,355 | 10 |
| 1981 | 13 | 851 | 2,255 | 10 |
| 1980 | 15 | 773 | 2,275 | 10 |
| 1979 | 12 | 914 | 2,322 | 9 |
| 1978 | 19 | 653 | 2,580 | 7 |
| 1977 | 8 | 1207 | 2,578 | 8 |
| 1976 | 19 | 645 | 2,553 | 8 |
| 1975 | 14 | 803 | 2,663 | 7 |
| 1974 | 17 | 669 | 2,783 | 7 |
| 1973 | 20 | 612 | 2,904 | 6 |
| 1972 | 23 | 564 | 3,157 | 6 |
| 1971 | 11 | 940 | 3,704 | 6 |
| 1970 | 22 | 647 | 4,579 | 5 |
| 1969 | 27 | 562 | 4,486 | 5 |
| 1968 | 20 | 646 | 4,686 | 5 |
| 1967 | 22 | 610 | 4,958 | 5 |
| 1966 | 20 | 642 | 5,272 | 5 |
| 1965 | 29 | 530 | 5,612 | 5 |
| 1964 | 29 | 537 | 6,059 | 4 |
| 1963 | 23 | 603 | 5,922 | 5 |
| 1962 | 14 | 763 | 6,176 | 5 |
| 1961 | 18 | 671 | 6,446 | 5 |
| 1960 | 15 | 711 | 6,402 | 5 |
| 1959 | 20 | 627 | 6,627 | 4 |
| 1958 | 21 | 598 | 6,495 | 4 |
| 1957 | 21 | 580 | 6,639 | 4 |
| 1956 | 20 | 586 | 6,527 | 4 |
| 1955 | 12 | 740 | 6,579 | 4 |
| 1954 | 14 | 666 | 6,553 | 4 |
| 1953 | 14 | 640 | 6,334 | 4 |
| 1952 | 17 | 573 | 6,435 | 4 |
| 1951 | 20 | 512 | 6,523 | 4 |
| 1950 | 15 | 587 | 6,197 | 3 |
| 1949 | 11 | 678 | 6,258 | 3 |
| 1948 | 15 | 564 | 6,522 | 3 |
| 1947 | 12 | 642 | 7,173 | 3 |
| 1946 | 21 | 442 | 6,368 | 4 |
| 1945 | 9 | 625 | 5,055 | 4 |
| 1944 | 14 | 468 | 5,001 | 4 |
| 1943 | 18 | 436 | 5,117 | 4 |
| 1942 | 9 | 615 | 4,975 | 5 |
| 1941 | 15 | 451 | 4,179 | 5 |
| 1940 | 12 | 458 | 3,960 | 5 |
| 1939 | 13 | 439 | 3,732 | 5 |
| 1938 | 19 | 360 | 3,608 | 5 |
| 1937 | 19 | 349 | 3,481 | 5 |
| 1936 | 9 | 498 | 3,425 | 5 |
| 1935 | 8 | 523 | 3,330 | 5 |
| 1934 | 13 | 421 | 3,267 | 5 |
| 1933 | 18 | 361 | 3,122 | 6 |
| 1932 | 20 | 355 | 3,373 | 5 |
| 1931 | 22 | 327 | 3,250 | 6 |
| 1930 | 21 | 355 | 3,426 | 6 |
| 1929 | 28 | 311 | 3,218 | 5 |
| 1928 | 27 | 319 | 3,309 | 5 |
| 1927 | 21 | 359 | 3,291 | 5 |
| 1926 | 28 | 308 | 3,089 | 5 |
| 1925 | 16 | 407 | 3,014 | 5 |
| 1924 | 9 | 539 | 2,864 | 5 |
| 1923 | 15 | 402 | 2,690 | 5 |
| 1922 | 18 | 381 | 2,749 | 5 |
| 1921 | 8 | 536 | 2,816 | 5 |
| 1920 | 16 | 379 | 2,517 | 7 |
| 1919 | 10 | 473 | 2,372 | 6 |
| 1918 | 11 | 462 | 2,507 | 7 |
| 1917 | 14 | 424 | 2,292 | 8 |
| 1916 | 11 | 444 | 2,211 | 9 |
| 1915 | 10 | 456 | 2,215 | 6 |
| 1914 | 5 | 578 | 1,743 | 8 |
| 1913 | 8 | 411 | 1,387 | 5 |
| 1912 | 5 | 487 | 1,257 | 6 |
| 1911 | 6 | 393 | 750 | 5 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 592 | 4 |