JAMES is ranked as the 2nd most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 5,283,944.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 1657.15 people named JAMES for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named JAMES is 3,357,317.
The SSA data also shows that JAMES is used as a boy's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
JAMES is
80.0% White,
2.9% Hispanic origin,
13.5% Black,
1.5% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.5% Two or More Races,
and 0.7% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name JAMES have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name JAMES is included in the following name categories:
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
English surname
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Common Swedish masculine given name - SCB Data
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Biblical surname
Hebrew masculine given name
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
English masculine given name
Masculine given name
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name JAMES
The state with the most people named
JAMES is
California where
423,175 people have this name.
Kentucky is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named JAMES, as
2603.87 in every 100,000
Kentuckians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
100th, this rank was reached in the states of
Wyoming.
Kentucky is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Hawaii
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name JAMES
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
248,976
1932.96
100.0%
Indiana
145,345
2203.25
100.0%
Iowa
45,316
1458.46
100.0%
Kansas
49,817
1715.44
100.0%
Michigan
174,349
1759.35
100.0%
Minnesota
82,760
1516.53
100.0%
Missouri
75,211
2512.01
100.0%
Nebraska
32,995
1753.65
100.0%
North Dakota
11,145
1507.19
100.0%
Ohio
260,867
2249.98
100.0%
South Dakota
13,883
1627.23
100.0%
Wisconsin
101,288
1759.21
100.0%
West States
State stats for the first name JAMES
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
13,873
1883.04
100.0%
Arizona
113,585
1687.38
100.0%
California
423,175
1090.59
100.0%
Colorado
94,423
1762.98
100.0%
Hawaii
13,751
968.67
100.0%
Idaho
26,141
1599.34
100.0%
Montana
19,384
1893.72
100.0%
Nevada
44,077
1552.51
100.0%
New Mexico
32,602
1563.24
100.0%
Oregon
69,606
1753.2
100.0%
Utah
37,226
1264.93
100.0%
Washington
104,589
1481.11
100.0%
Wyoming
12,048
2062.45
100.0%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name JAMES
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have JAMES as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named JAMES.
The most popular full name is JAMES Smith.
0.83% of all the people named JAMES
have this family name.
There are 152352 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name JAMES