Name
JAMES

Name JAMES

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 5,825,840 births of James in the countries below, which represents an average of 41,027 births of children bearing the first name James per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 17,829 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom James   
In Italiano Nome James   
Available variants : James- , Jämes


Information about the first name James

We celebrate James on July 25th
The first name James is listed in our categories :The first name James has been assigned to:
99.66% to boys
0.34% to girls
The country where the first name James is the most common is:
US United State of America
This first name is on trend: Male
This first name has 5 letters including 2 vowels and 3 consonants

Anagrams of the first name James

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of James : Jasem, Jasme, Jeams, Jesma, Sejma, Semaj

Anacyclics of the first name James

An anacyclic is a word or phrase that can be read in the normal sense of reading or in the opposite direction. Here is the list of names that are anonymous of the given name James: Semaj

James in Japanese *

Romajijeemuzu
Katakanaジェームズ
Hiraganaじぇーむず
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
James in Japanese
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James in sign language

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James in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name James

US English
Anagrams src :
  • Semaj
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒeɪmz/
  • Rhymes: -eɪmz
Proper noun (Related terms) src :
  • Jacob and its variants
Proper noun (Statistics) src :
  • According to 100 years of data from the Social Security Administration (SSA), James is the 2nd most common given name in the United States, belonging to 3,378,000 individuals.
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, James is the 85th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 249,379 individuals. James is most common among White (51.6%) and Black/African American (38.9%) individuals.
Middle English
Etymology src :
  • From Old French James, from Vulgar Latin Iacomus, spoken and altered pronunciation of Latin Iacobus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב‎ (Yaʿăqōḇ).
Alternative forms src :
  • Ȝame, Gemes, Iam, Iames, Iamys, Iame, Ieme
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈdʒaːməs/, /dʒaːmz/, /ˈdʒɛːm(ə)s/, /ˈdʒaːm(ə)/
Old French
Adverb src :
  • james
  • manuscript form of jamés
General
Proper noun src :
  • James
  • James the Greater or James the Less (apostles)
  • James (a male given name from Old French)
  • James (a surname)
HU Hungarian
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): [ˈd͡ʒeːms]
  • Hyphenation: James
  • Rhymes: -eːms
Proper noun src :
  • James
  • James
Proper noun (Derived terms) src :
  • jamesi
SE Swedish
Proper noun src :
  • James c (genitive James)
  • a male given name
DK Danish
Etymology src :
  • From English James in the 19th century.
Proper noun src :
  • James
  • a male given name
 

Popularity of the name James

Number of JAMES births per year

Popularity of the name James
Popularity of the name James

Total births of James by country

Births with the first name James
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
5,214,842
19,260
ONOntario
1913 - 2019
137,688
92
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2021
137,662
6
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
88,131
1
NZNew Zealand
1900 - 2022
52,527
0
IEIreland
1964 - 2022
50,637
0
BCBritish Columbia
1919 - 2022
30,189
0
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
26,688
0
BRBrazil
1930 - 2022
19,697
250
NSNew Scotland
1920 - 2022
19,156
0
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
8,138
17
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
6,794
20
NLNetherlands
2015 - 2022
4,072
0
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
2,645
0
BEBelgium
1995 - 2022
1,590
0
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
1,220
5
SESweden
1998 - 2022
1,042
0
NONorway
1945 - 2022
929
0
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
678
0
CLChili
2010 - 2021
369
1
DKDenmark
1985 - 2022
354
0
ATAustria
1984 - 2021
322
0
PLPoland
2000 - 2022
303
0
CASKSaskatchewan
2013 - 2022
212
0
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
171
0
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
74
0
PTPortugal
2014 - 2022
56
0
LVLatvia
2015 - 2022
1
0
SKSlovakia
2011 - 2022
1
0
Popularity of the name James

Total births of James by country (last available year)

Births with the first name James
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
2022
12,028
32
GBUnited Kingdom
2021
1,772
0
AUAustralia
2022
886
0
NLNetherlands
2022
594
0
ONOntario
2019
496
0
IEIreland
2022
412
0
FRFrance
2022
365
0
QCQuebec
2022
294
0
NZNew Zealand
2022
150
0
ABAlberta
2022
138
1
DEGermany
2022
130
2
BCBritish Columbia
2022
131
0
BEBelgium
2022
92
0
CHSwitzerland
2021
74
0
CASKSaskatchewan
2022
43
0
ITItaly
2021
43
0
SESweden
2022
38
0
CLChili
2021
27
0
DKDenmark
2022
26
0
ARArgentina
2015
18
0
ATAustria
2021
15
0
PLPoland
2022
12
0
NONorway
2022
8
0
CZCzechoslovakia
2016
2
0

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Personalities with the first name James

There are 3238 personalities with the first name James

James Joyce (James Augustine Aloysius Joyce) src

Republic of ireland
Writer Teacher Poet Author Journalist Literary critic Novelist Prosaist

Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter Jr.) src

United states of america
Writer Businessperson Engineer Politician Diplomat Statesperson Farmer Human rights activist Novelist Naval officer Submariner Peace activist Autobiographer Environmentalist Humanitarian

James Cook src

Great britain
Cartographer Botanist Naval officer Explorer Seafarer

James Madison (James Madison, Jr.) src

United states of america
Writer Politician Lawyer Diplomat Statesperson Philosopher

James Monroe src

United states of america
Writer Lawyer Politician Diplomat Farmer Statesperson

James Watt src

Scotland
Engineer Entrepreneur Physicist Mathematician Inventor Chemist Technician

Jim Morrison src

United states of america
Actor Composer Poet Singer Singer-songwriter Lyricist Director

James Clerk Maxwell src

United kingdom of great britain and ireland
Photographer Teacher Physicist Mathematician Inventor University teacher Thermodynamicist Theoretical physicist

James Abram Garfield src

United states of america
Writer Lawyer Politician Military officer Statesperson

James Knox Polk src

United states of america
Politician Lawyer Statesperson Farmer


There are more than 10 personalities with the first name James
Full list of personalities with the first name James

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name James

There are 15270 actors and actresses with the first name James
James Bimby Aquino
James Walsh
James Keating
James Weekes
James Sadat
James Malpas
James Carstairs
James Mordaunt
James Mogan
James Hoban
James Leonardo Mayberry
James Carnmal
James Forde
James Lester
James Rose
James Holly
James Gallagher
James Wiersum
James Storer
James Paxton
James Hawkins
James Gaisford
James Fraser
James Street
James Reid
James Calloway
James Willson
James Martin
James Stankunas
James Duke Mason

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name James
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name James

Rankings of first name JAMES by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
#3IE Ireland2022
#4US United State of America2022
#7NL Netherlands2022
#7AB Alberta2022
#7CASK Saskatchewan2022
#10ON Ontario2019
#11BC British Columbia2022
#16NZ New Zealand2022
#16AU Australia2022
#20QC Quebec2022
#30GB United Kingdom2021
#112BE Belgium2022
#122CH Switzerland2021
#185FR France2022
#193DK Denmark2022
#248SE Sweden2022
#293CL Chili2021
#297IT Italy2021
#311AR Argentina2015
#359AT Austria2021
#362PL Poland2022
#366NO Norway2022
#414DE Germany2022
#546CZ Czechoslovakia2016
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
#2424US United State of America2022
#5577DE Germany2022
#5765AB Alberta2022
Other boys' names around James
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Other girls' names around James
JAMELLAJAMELLEJAMELLIAJAMELYJAMENAJAMENIEJAMERJAMERAJAMERIAJAMERSON JAMES JAMESAJAMESDANIAJAMESDANIEJAMESEJAMESETTAJAMESHAJAMESHIAJAMESIAJAMESIEJAMESINA

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