James in Virginia
Babies in Virginia
152,537
since 1910
Rank in Virginia · 2025
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recorded as girls
#6
recorded as boys
Peak year in Virginia
1910
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in Virginia, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named James in Virginia from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 368 | 6 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 425 | 3 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 414 | 3 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 410 | 3 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 423 | 3 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 393 | 4 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 431 | 4 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 432 | 4 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 473 | 4 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 508 | 3 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 499 | 4 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 467 | 5 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 426 | 9 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 464 | 7 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 436 | 6 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 439 | 6 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 450 | 9 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 472 | 7 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 538 | 7 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 498 | 9 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 509 | 10 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 563 | 10 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 577 | 8 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 573 | 8 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 550 | 10 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 589 | 10 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 607 | 8 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 643 | 8 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 687 | 7 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 652 | 10 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 723 | 7 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 726 | 9 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 783 | 7 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 869 | 5 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 988 | 5 |
| 1990 | 6 | 685 | 1,017 | 5 |
| 1989 | 12 | 423 | 997 | 5 |
| 1988 | 7 | 583 | 987 | 5 |
| 1987 | 12 | 394 | 1,011 | 5 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 1,045 | 3 |
| 1985 | 8 | 504 | 1,060 | 5 |
| 1984 | 7 | 517 | 1,013 | 4 |
| 1983 | 10 | 389 | 987 | 4 |
| 1982 | 9 | 420 | 1,114 | 3 |
| 1981 | 7 | 511 | 1,046 | 4 |
| 1980 | 6 | 569 | 1,031 | 4 |
| 1979 | 13 | 343 | 1,130 | 4 |
| 1978 | 13 | 324 | 1,084 | 4 |
| 1977 | 5 | 625 | 1,081 | 4 |
| 1976 | 5 | 591 | 1,066 | 4 |
| 1975 | 10 | 377 | 1,114 | 3 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 1,146 | 3 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 1,167 | 3 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 1,373 | 3 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 1,557 | 2 |
| 1970 | 11 | 381 | 1,666 | 2 |
| 1969 | 8 | 452 | 1,550 | 2 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 1,665 | 2 |
| 1967 | 6 | 520 | 1,701 | 2 |
| 1966 | 6 | 524 | 1,666 | 1 |
| 1965 | 10 | 408 | 1,787 | 1 |
| 1964 | 6 | 563 | 1,985 | 1 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 1,869 | 1 |
| 1962 | 12 | 375 | 1,939 | 1 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 1,962 | 1 |
| 1960 | 6 | 537 | 1,886 | 1 |
| 1959 | 12 | 374 | 2,062 | 1 |
| 1958 | 11 | 391 | 2,064 | 1 |
| 1957 | 10 | 408 | 2,112 | 1 |
| 1956 | 7 | 477 | 2,191 | 1 |
| 1955 | 5 | 563 | 2,133 | 1 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 2,344 | 1 |
| 1953 | 11 | 354 | 2,234 | 1 |
| 1952 | 5 | 527 | 2,337 | 1 |
| 1951 | 9 | 391 | 2,267 | 1 |
| 1950 | 8 | 390 | 2,358 | 1 |
| 1949 | 6 | 464 | 2,321 | 1 |
| 1948 | 7 | 417 | 2,448 | 1 |
| 1947 | 9 | 375 | 2,679 | 1 |
| 1946 | 5 | 462 | 2,400 | 1 |
| 1945 | 9 | 331 | 2,158 | 1 |
| 1944 | 9 | 322 | 2,266 | 1 |
| 1943 | 11 | 297 | 2,356 | 1 |
| 1942 | 9 | 325 | 2,284 | 1 |
| 1941 | 6 | 378 | 1,894 | 1 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 1,792 | 1 |
| 1939 | 12 | 261 | 1,726 | 1 |
| 1938 | 5 | 403 | 1,806 | 1 |
| 1937 | 5 | 387 | 1,735 | 1 |
| 1936 | 9 | 284 | 1,609 | 1 |
| 1935 | 9 | 297 | 1,736 | 1 |
| 1934 | 11 | 266 | 1,641 | 1 |
| 1933 | 8 | 303 | 1,687 | 1 |
| 1932 | 11 | 280 | 1,703 | 1 |
| 1931 | 12 | 246 | 1,552 | 1 |
| 1930 | 13 | 243 | 1,670 | 1 |
| 1929 | 9 | 288 | 1,682 | 1 |
| 1928 | 18 | 209 | 1,771 | 1 |
| 1927 | 9 | 313 | 1,835 | 1 |
| 1926 | 11 | 274 | 1,745 | 1 |
| 1925 | 19 | 213 | 1,848 | 1 |
| 1924 | 11 | 283 | 1,917 | 1 |
| 1923 | 6 | 388 | 1,868 | 1 |
| 1922 | 10 | 297 | 1,823 | 1 |
| 1921 | 10 | 304 | 1,902 | 1 |
| 1920 | 6 | 389 | 1,888 | 1 |
| 1919 | 7 | 346 | 1,722 | 1 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 1,703 | 1 |
| 1917 | 6 | 373 | 1,527 | 1 |
| 1916 | 7 | 327 | 1,401 | 1 |
| 1915 | 8 | 303 | 1,323 | 1 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 1,109 | 1 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 881 | 1 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 777 | 1 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 506 | 1 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 461 | 1 |