James in North Carolina
Babies in North Carolina
213,517
since 1910
Rank in North Carolina · 2025
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recorded as girls
#5
recorded as boys
Peak year in North Carolina
1911
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in North Carolina, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named James in North Carolina from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 471 | 5 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 477 | 5 |
| 2023 | 5 | 1,448 | 481 | 5 |
| 2022 | 6 | 1,277 | 472 | 5 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 484 | 4 |
| 2020 | 7 | 1,085 | 493 | 4 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 518 | 4 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 527 | 4 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 541 | 4 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 479 | 6 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 539 | 5 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 521 | 6 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 489 | 7 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 507 | 6 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 519 | 8 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 519 | 8 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 523 | 10 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 582 | 7 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 602 | 7 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 607 | 7 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 636 | 7 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 589 | 9 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 646 | 6 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 653 | 8 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 647 | 7 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 728 | 7 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 733 | 8 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 799 | 9 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 739 | 9 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 746 | 10 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 826 | 7 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 880 | 7 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 924 | 7 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 1,037 | 5 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 1,075 | 5 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 1,097 | 6 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 1,177 | 5 |
| 1988 | 16 | 344 | 1,123 | 6 |
| 1987 | 13 | 392 | 1,082 | 5 |
| 1986 | 10 | 456 | 1,079 | 6 |
| 1985 | 11 | 435 | 1,193 | 4 |
| 1984 | 9 | 461 | 1,203 | 5 |
| 1983 | 10 | 436 | 1,191 | 3 |
| 1982 | 14 | 349 | 1,174 | 3 |
| 1981 | 9 | 474 | 1,251 | 3 |
| 1980 | 6 | 626 | 1,275 | 3 |
| 1979 | 8 | 508 | 1,229 | 4 |
| 1978 | 6 | 623 | 1,334 | 3 |
| 1977 | 18 | 302 | 1,398 | 4 |
| 1976 | 9 | 447 | 1,352 | 2 |
| 1975 | 8 | 496 | 1,353 | 3 |
| 1974 | 9 | 462 | 1,476 | 3 |
| 1973 | 13 | 373 | 1,556 | 3 |
| 1972 | 11 | 419 | 1,760 | 2 |
| 1971 | 9 | 487 | 1,875 | 2 |
| 1970 | 19 | 317 | 2,019 | 2 |
| 1969 | 15 | 347 | 2,105 | 1 |
| 1968 | 12 | 384 | 1,993 | 1 |
| 1967 | 16 | 326 | 2,048 | 1 |
| 1966 | 11 | 417 | 2,196 | 1 |
| 1965 | 9 | 479 | 2,165 | 1 |
| 1964 | 11 | 466 | 2,317 | 1 |
| 1963 | 13 | 397 | 2,382 | 1 |
| 1962 | 16 | 365 | 2,360 | 1 |
| 1961 | 13 | 418 | 2,532 | 1 |
| 1960 | 15 | 379 | 2,372 | 1 |
| 1959 | 11 | 442 | 2,424 | 1 |
| 1958 | 14 | 395 | 2,509 | 1 |
| 1957 | 17 | 361 | 2,770 | 1 |
| 1956 | 13 | 406 | 2,923 | 1 |
| 1955 | 17 | 353 | 3,009 | 1 |
| 1954 | 14 | 388 | 3,069 | 1 |
| 1953 | 16 | 347 | 3,117 | 1 |
| 1952 | 20 | 313 | 3,336 | 1 |
| 1951 | 18 | 318 | 3,383 | 1 |
| 1950 | 17 | 328 | 3,323 | 1 |
| 1949 | 18 | 319 | 3,382 | 1 |
| 1948 | 15 | 349 | 3,582 | 1 |
| 1947 | 18 | 325 | 3,882 | 1 |
| 1946 | 16 | 324 | 3,624 | 1 |
| 1945 | 18 | 279 | 3,366 | 1 |
| 1944 | 14 | 324 | 3,481 | 1 |
| 1943 | 19 | 290 | 3,624 | 1 |
| 1942 | 15 | 314 | 3,620 | 1 |
| 1941 | 20 | 257 | 3,273 | 1 |
| 1940 | 13 | 316 | 3,063 | 1 |
| 1939 | 16 | 296 | 3,043 | 1 |
| 1938 | 28 | 214 | 2,885 | 1 |
| 1937 | 18 | 270 | 2,942 | 1 |
| 1936 | 20 | 243 | 2,856 | 1 |
| 1935 | 11 | 333 | 2,849 | 1 |
| 1934 | 25 | 227 | 2,926 | 1 |
| 1933 | 17 | 266 | 2,614 | 1 |
| 1932 | 13 | 320 | 2,736 | 1 |
| 1931 | 18 | 252 | 2,637 | 1 |
| 1930 | 26 | 217 | 2,734 | 1 |
| 1929 | 26 | 219 | 2,833 | 1 |
| 1928 | 21 | 255 | 2,967 | 1 |
| 1927 | 28 | 218 | 2,971 | 1 |
| 1926 | 22 | 242 | 2,901 | 1 |
| 1925 | 17 | 295 | 2,991 | 1 |
| 1924 | 18 | 276 | 3,102 | 1 |
| 1923 | 16 | 294 | 3,059 | 1 |
| 1922 | 9 | 386 | 3,018 | 1 |
| 1921 | 9 | 381 | 2,926 | 1 |
| 1920 | 14 | 304 | 2,964 | 1 |
| 1919 | 12 | 319 | 2,703 | 1 |
| 1918 | 14 | 288 | 2,573 | 1 |
| 1917 | 11 | 308 | 2,237 | 1 |
| 1916 | 8 | 373 | 2,083 | 1 |
| 1915 | 11 | 304 | 2,069 | 1 |
| 1914 | 10 | 292 | 1,678 | 1 |
| 1913 | 6 | 337 | 1,252 | 1 |
| 1912 | 8 | 278 | 1,092 | 1 |
| 1911 | 6 | 276 | 690 | 1 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 612 | 1 |
Top names in North Carolina, 2025