James in South Dakota
Babies in South Dakota
15,730
since 1910
Rank in South Dakota · 2025
#13
recorded as boys
Peak year in South Dakota
1945
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in South Dakota, 1910–2025
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named James in South Dakota from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 32 | 13 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 28 | 15 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 38 | 8 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 37 | 8 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 30 | 18 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 34 | 12 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 35 | 14 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 28 | 24 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 36 | 15 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 30 | 28 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 45 | 7 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 39 | 19 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 40 | 13 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 35 | 18 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 31 | 31 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 39 | 14 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 21 | 65 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 39 | 19 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 33 | 37 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 33 | 41 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 33 | 36 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 35 | 30 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 35 | 31 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 23 | 58 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 30 | 34 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 13 | 100 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 35 | 29 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 34 | 38 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 37 | 32 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 29 | 46 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 39 | 33 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 36 | 38 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 38 | 34 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 45 | 29 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 44 | 32 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 58 | 18 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 58 | 22 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 60 | 25 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 74 | 15 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 63 | 23 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 78 | 20 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 73 | 24 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 77 | 21 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 95 | 13 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 88 | 20 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 103 | 14 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 101 | 16 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 83 | 17 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 88 | 14 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 78 | 16 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 101 | 12 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 97 | 11 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 91 | 8 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 104 | 9 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 118 | 8 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 144 | 5 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 151 | 3 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 152 | 3 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 137 | 4 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 161 | 4 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 211 | 3 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 226 | 3 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 226 | 5 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 182 | 9 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 228 | 4 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 237 | 4 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 225 | 5 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 255 | 3 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 254 | 4 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 280 | 5 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 298 | 3 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 317 | 3 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 316 | 3 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 358 | 2 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 319 | 3 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 337 | 3 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 337 | 2 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 367 | 2 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 334 | 2 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 323 | 2 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 283 | 1 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 281 | 1 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 256 | 2 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 254 | 2 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 264 | 1 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 234 | 2 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 218 | 2 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 232 | 2 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 237 | 2 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 281 | 2 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 224 | 3 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 276 | 3 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 232 | 4 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 249 | 3 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 221 | 3 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 220 | 3 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 175 | 5 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 185 | 4 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 147 | 6 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 160 | 5 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 179 | 5 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 174 | 5 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 178 | 4 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 185 | 5 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 168 | 5 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 146 | 6 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 120 | 8 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 115 | 7 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 145 | 4 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 132 | 4 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 96 | 7 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 76 | 6 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 57 | 6 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 40 | 8 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 17 | 13 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 21 | 6 |
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