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Charles vs James — Popularity Comparison

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Charles James

By Year

Year	Charles (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2024	5,601 \| 8/5,593	11,861 \| 68/11,793
2023	5,424 \| 9/5,415	11,806 \| 79/11,727
2022	5,943 \| 9/5,934	12,194 \| 85/12,109
2021	6,008 \| 5/6,003	12,532 \| 68/12,464
2020	6,256 \| 13/6,243	12,447 \| 66/12,381
2019	6,412 \| 9/6,403	13,261 \| 68/13,193
2018	6,676 \| 13/6,663	13,687 \| 45/13,642
2017	7,201 \| 12/7,189	14,434 \| 77/14,357
2016	7,142 \| 17/7,125	14,983 \| 67/14,916
2015	7,213 \| 9/7,204	14,900 \| 39/14,861

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By Year

Year	Charles (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2014	7,375 \| 15/7,360	14,504 \| 42/14,462
2013	7,040 \| 15/7,025	13,623 \| 28/13,595
2012	6,960 \| 15/6,945	13,484 \| 28/13,456
2011	6,994 \| 9/6,985	13,302 \| 30/13,272
2010	7,113 \| 8/7,105	13,928 \| 30/13,898
2009	7,284 \| 0/7,284	14,272 \| 51/14,221
2008	7,307 \| 19/7,288	15,220 \| 32/15,188
2007	7,464 \| 12/7,452	16,006 \| 33/15,973
2006	8,027 \| 14/8,013	16,300 \| 46/16,254
2005	7,948 \| 16/7,932	16,166 \| 26/16,140

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By Year

Year	Charles (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2004	7,706 \| 54/7,652	16,564 \| 95/16,469
2003	7,703 \| 8/7,695	16,929 \| 34/16,895
2002	7,215 \| 7/7,208	16,999 \| 31/16,968
2001	7,300 \| 17/7,283	17,115 \| 42/17,073
2000	7,538 \| 14/7,524	18,031 \| 40/17,991
1999	7,536 \| 11/7,525	18,595 \| 40/18,555
1998	7,859 \| 11/7,848	19,734 \| 45/19,689
1997	7,671 \| 15/7,656	20,449 \| 42/20,407
1996	8,266 \| 19/8,247	21,226 \| 62/21,164
1995	8,500 \| 22/8,478	22,793 \| 57/22,736

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By Year

Year	Charles (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1994	9,037 \| 19/9,018	24,844 \| 67/24,777
1993	9,884 \| 28/9,856	26,330 \| 75/26,255
1992	10,502 \| 32/10,470	28,579 \| 70/28,509
1991	11,370 \| 34/11,336	30,608 \| 95/30,513
1990	12,041 \| 42/11,999	32,472 \| 115/32,357
1989	12,305 \| 60/12,245	32,896 \| 176/32,720
1988	12,199 \| 91/12,108	32,765 \| 244/32,521
1987	12,258 \| 82/12,176	32,906 \| 246/32,660
1986	12,710 \| 85/12,625	34,328 \| 273/34,055
1985	13,005 \| 106/12,899	36,151 \| 287/35,864

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By Year

Year	Charles (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1984	13,054 \| 112/12,942	36,094 \| 238/35,856
1983	13,334 \| 121/13,213	36,626 \| 282/36,344
1982	14,435 \| 124/14,311	39,192 \| 317/38,875
1981	14,530 \| 102/14,428	38,561 \| 272/38,289
1980	15,074 \| 116/14,958	39,585 \| 271/39,314
1979	14,937 \| 130/14,807	39,612 \| 261/39,351
1978	14,963 \| 118/14,845	40,171 \| 269/39,902
1977	14,831 \| 88/14,743	40,316 \| 273/40,043
1976	14,029 \| 106/13,923	38,550 \| 252/38,298
1975	14,707 \| 129/14,578	39,828 \| 254/39,574

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By Year

Year	Charles (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1974	15,253 \| 102/15,151	41,586 \| 250/41,336
1973	15,868 \| 117/15,751	43,154 \| 316/42,838
1972	17,091 \| 122/16,969	47,364 \| 300/47,064
1971	19,997 \| 146/19,851	54,905 \| 302/54,603
1970	22,560 \| 148/22,412	62,094 \| 354/61,740
1969	21,799 \| 135/21,664	60,223 \| 329/59,894
1968	21,699 \| 130/21,569	60,978 \| 312/60,666
1967	21,412 \| 122/21,290	61,998 \| 310/61,688
1966	22,382 \| 131/22,251	65,461 \| 298/65,163
1965	23,632 \| 132/23,500	67,977 \| 303/67,674

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By Year

Year	Charles (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1964	26,032 \| 129/25,903	73,339 \| 318/73,021
1963	26,899 \| 137/26,762	71,602 \| 311/71,291
1962	27,709 \| 121/27,588	72,823 \| 262/72,561
1961	29,316 \| 120/29,196	76,243 \| 284/75,959
1960	29,797 \| 132/29,665	77,095 \| 291/76,804
1959	30,946 \| 150/30,796	78,938 \| 294/78,644
1958	32,371 \| 128/32,243	79,025 \| 252/78,773
1957	34,435 \| 153/34,282	84,622 \| 279/84,343
1956	35,395 \| 156/35,239	85,151 \| 248/84,903
1955	35,509 \| 148/35,361	84,427 \| 243/84,184

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By Year

Year	Charles (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1954	37,593 \| 126/37,467	86,537 \| 225/86,312
1953	38,558 \| 138/38,420	86,307 \| 236/86,071
1952	38,986 \| 121/38,865	87,324 \| 258/87,066
1951	39,559 \| 151/39,408	87,513 \| 256/87,257
1950	39,251 \| 154/39,097	86,475 \| 252/86,223
1949	40,190 \| 143/40,047	87,116 \| 257/86,859
1948	38,828 \| 150/38,678	88,855 \| 251/88,604
1947	40,917 \| 138/40,779	95,020 \| 257/94,763
1946	38,346 \| 134/38,212	87,686 \| 250/87,436
1945	32,592 \| 125/32,467	74,713 \| 247/74,466

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By Year

Year	Charles (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1944	34,805 \| 142/34,663	77,188 \| 237/76,951
1943	36,806 \| 176/36,630	80,547 \| 272/80,275
1942	36,018 \| 163/35,855	77,460 \| 280/77,180
1941	32,894 \| 155/32,739	67,008 \| 256/66,752
1940	31,830 \| 140/31,690	62,740 \| 259/62,481
1939	30,935 \| 149/30,786	59,904 \| 268/59,636
1938	31,296 \| 144/31,152	59,377 \| 275/59,102
1937	30,697 \| 176/30,521	56,813 \| 251/56,562
1936	29,233 \| 133/29,100	54,925 \| 229/54,696
1935	30,131 \| 149/29,982	55,240 \| 238/55,002

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By Year

Year	Charles (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1934	29,959 \| 168/29,791	54,531 \| 262/54,269
1933	29,199 \| 209/28,990	51,409 \| 299/51,110
1932	31,290 \| 197/31,093	52,251 \| 320/51,931
1931	30,145 \| 212/29,933	51,558 \| 345/51,213
1930	32,104 \| 237/31,867	54,376 \| 419/53,957
1929	30,191 \| 262/29,929	52,530 \| 397/52,133
1928	31,515 \| 271/31,244	53,180 \| 427/52,753
1927	32,244 \| 303/31,941	54,065 \| 390/53,675
1926	29,746 \| 225/29,521	53,555 \| 358/53,197
1925	29,796 \| 216/29,580	53,044 \| 365/52,679

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By Year

Year	Charles (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1924	30,646 \| 186/30,460	53,215 \| 274/52,941
1923	29,125 \| 159/28,966	50,743 \| 280/50,463
1922	29,038 \| 199/28,839	50,042 \| 239/49,803
1921	29,418 \| 176/29,242	49,981 \| 231/49,750
1920	28,472 \| 163/28,309	48,157 \| 249/47,908
1919	25,321 \| 129/25,192	42,584 \| 192/42,392
1918	27,065 \| 144/26,921	42,327 \| 212/42,115
1917	24,267 \| 124/24,143	37,520 \| 182/37,338
1916	23,735 \| 123/23,612	35,734 \| 166/35,568
1915	22,061 \| 101/21,960	33,928 \| 155/33,773

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By Year

Year	Charles (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1914	17,012 \| 75/16,937	26,369 \| 107/26,262
1913	13,239 \| 49/13,190	20,927 \| 95/20,832
1912	11,137 \| 67/11,070	17,725 \| 81/17,644
1911	5,765 \| 40/5,725	10,021 \| 69/9,952
1910	4,816 \| 32/4,784	9,257 \| 63/9,194
1909	4,058 \| 29/4,029	7,647 \| 52/7,595
1908	3,959 \| 30/3,929	7,044 \| 32/7,012
1907	3,904 \| 20/3,884	6,752 \| 45/6,707
1906	3,631 \| 24/3,607	5,945 \| 37/5,908
1905	3,630 \| 22/3,608	6,077 \| 35/6,042

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By Year

Year	Charles (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1904	3,430 \| 24/3,406	5,882 \| 27/5,855
1903	3,232 \| 19/3,213	5,507 \| 28/5,479
1902	3,386 \| 25/3,361	5,622 \| 30/5,592
1901	3,072 \| 23/3,049	4,765 \| 30/4,735
1900	4,126 \| 28/4,098	7,286 \| 41/7,245
1899	3,170 \| 23/3,147	4,624 \| 27/4,597
1898	3,576 \| 19/3,557	5,350 \| 29/5,321
1897	3,361 \| 20/3,341	5,143 \| 30/5,113
1896	3,649 \| 10/3,639	5,234 \| 28/5,206
1895	3,660 \| 27/3,633	5,369 \| 34/5,335

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By Year

Year	Charles (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1894	3,814 \| 26/3,788	5,135 \| 25/5,110
1893	3,746 \| 23/3,723	5,053 \| 23/5,030
1892	4,348 \| 29/4,319	5,420 \| 22/5,398
1891	3,669 \| 29/3,640	4,547 \| 31/4,516
1890	4,091 \| 30/4,061	5,130 \| 33/5,097
1889	4,227 \| 28/4,199	5,046 \| 26/5,020
1888	4,619 \| 28/4,591	5,607 \| 45/5,562
1887	4,064 \| 33/4,031	4,787 \| 19/4,768
1886	4,555 \| 22/4,533	5,384 \| 29/5,355
1885	4,623 \| 24/4,599	5,201 \| 26/5,175

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By Year

Year	Charles (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1884	4,821 \| 19/4,802	5,726 \| 33/5,693
1883	4,844 \| 18/4,826	5,248 \| 25/5,223
1882	5,114 \| 23/5,091	5,910 \| 18/5,892
1881	4,653 \| 17/4,636	5,465 \| 24/5,441
1880	5,359 \| 11/5,348	5,949 \| 22/5,927