James in South Carolina
Babies in South Carolina
130,135
since 1910
Rank in South Carolina · 2025
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recorded as girls
#4
recorded as boys
Peak year in South Carolina
1926
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in South Carolina, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named James in South Carolina from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 250 | 4 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 263 | 4 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 251 | 4 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 250 | 4 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 252 | 2 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 250 | 3 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 240 | 4 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 268 | 2 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 253 | 4 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 272 | 3 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 299 | 2 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 285 | 2 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 278 | 3 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 279 | 3 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 258 | 4 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 301 | 2 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 286 | 4 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 300 | 5 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 372 | 2 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 346 | 3 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 331 | 3 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 372 | 3 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 374 | 3 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 375 | 4 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 379 | 5 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 399 | 5 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 419 | 5 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 419 | 6 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 402 | 6 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 432 | 6 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 450 | 4 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 473 | 5 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 530 | 4 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 630 | 2 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 638 | 4 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 718 | 3 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 693 | 4 |
| 1988 | 10 | 310 | 605 | 5 |
| 1987 | 5 | 495 | 693 | 3 |
| 1986 | 11 | 269 | 674 | 3 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 682 | 3 |
| 1984 | 7 | 378 | 681 | 3 |
| 1983 | 5 | 483 | 771 | 2 |
| 1982 | 6 | 434 | 736 | 3 |
| 1981 | 12 | 262 | 764 | 1 |
| 1980 | 7 | 394 | 770 | 1 |
| 1979 | 8 | 360 | 856 | 1 |
| 1978 | 5 | 505 | 847 | 1 |
| 1977 | 6 | 445 | 823 | 1 |
| 1976 | 8 | 354 | 826 | 1 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 823 | 2 |
| 1974 | 5 | 474 | 927 | 1 |
| 1973 | 6 | 438 | 933 | 1 |
| 1972 | 5 | 487 | 1,031 | 1 |
| 1971 | 8 | 387 | 1,076 | 1 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 1,261 | 1 |
| 1969 | 8 | 370 | 1,168 | 1 |
| 1968 | 10 | 311 | 1,167 | 1 |
| 1967 | 10 | 310 | 1,191 | 1 |
| 1966 | 6 | 445 | 1,299 | 1 |
| 1965 | 12 | 301 | 1,303 | 1 |
| 1964 | 13 | 286 | 1,453 | 1 |
| 1963 | 13 | 294 | 1,434 | 1 |
| 1962 | 7 | 441 | 1,374 | 1 |
| 1961 | 12 | 330 | 1,473 | 1 |
| 1960 | 9 | 373 | 1,511 | 1 |
| 1959 | 9 | 391 | 1,514 | 1 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 1,570 | 1 |
| 1957 | 15 | 292 | 1,788 | 1 |
| 1956 | 8 | 412 | 1,720 | 1 |
| 1955 | 14 | 291 | 1,860 | 1 |
| 1954 | 15 | 286 | 1,864 | 1 |
| 1953 | 7 | 413 | 1,951 | 1 |
| 1952 | 13 | 308 | 2,002 | 1 |
| 1951 | 14 | 282 | 2,083 | 1 |
| 1950 | 7 | 399 | 2,108 | 1 |
| 1949 | 20 | 237 | 2,146 | 1 |
| 1948 | 10 | 338 | 2,279 | 1 |
| 1947 | 9 | 347 | 2,318 | 1 |
| 1946 | 7 | 383 | 2,102 | 1 |
| 1945 | 12 | 279 | 1,931 | 1 |
| 1944 | 10 | 304 | 2,043 | 1 |
| 1943 | 15 | 251 | 2,139 | 1 |
| 1942 | 14 | 262 | 2,001 | 1 |
| 1941 | 9 | 309 | 1,881 | 1 |
| 1940 | 14 | 243 | 1,929 | 1 |
| 1939 | 13 | 254 | 1,802 | 1 |
| 1938 | 14 | 231 | 1,662 | 1 |
| 1937 | 10 | 280 | 1,659 | 1 |
| 1936 | 14 | 228 | 1,562 | 1 |
| 1935 | 16 | 208 | 1,668 | 1 |
| 1934 | 14 | 229 | 1,645 | 1 |
| 1933 | 16 | 206 | 1,653 | 1 |
| 1932 | 8 | 307 | 1,727 | 1 |
| 1931 | 13 | 225 | 1,510 | 1 |
| 1930 | 20 | 179 | 1,609 | 1 |
| 1929 | 14 | 213 | 1,572 | 1 |
| 1928 | 10 | 274 | 1,739 | 1 |
| 1927 | 8 | 304 | 1,693 | 1 |
| 1926 | 11 | 252 | 1,842 | 1 |
| 1925 | 17 | 213 | 1,836 | 1 |
| 1924 | 5 | 430 | 2,009 | 1 |
| 1923 | 9 | 302 | 1,910 | 1 |
| 1922 | 7 | 351 | 2,075 | 1 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 2,004 | 1 |
| 1920 | 12 | 261 | 2,118 | 1 |
| 1919 | 6 | 373 | 1,872 | 1 |
| 1918 | 7 | 333 | 1,814 | 1 |
| 1917 | 9 | 272 | 1,536 | 1 |
| 1916 | 10 | 252 | 1,511 | 1 |
| 1915 | 6 | 313 | 1,414 | 1 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 1,164 | 1 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 910 | 1 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 814 | 1 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 576 | 1 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 556 | 1 |
Top names in South Carolina, 2025