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Gary vs James — Popularity Comparison

Latest years first · counts are girls + boys combined (split shown in table).

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Gary James

By Year

Year	Gary (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2024	187 \| 0/187	11,861 \| 68/11,793
2023	203 \| 0/203	11,806 \| 79/11,727
2022	237 \| 0/237	12,194 \| 85/12,109
2021	253 \| 0/253	12,532 \| 68/12,464
2020	288 \| 0/288	12,447 \| 66/12,381
2019	303 \| 0/303	13,261 \| 68/13,193
2018	374 \| 0/374	13,687 \| 45/13,642
2017	407 \| 0/407	14,434 \| 77/14,357
2016	444 \| 0/444	14,983 \| 67/14,916
2015	479 \| 0/479	14,900 \| 39/14,861

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By Year

Year	Gary (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2014	493 \| 0/493	14,504 \| 42/14,462
2013	446 \| 0/446	13,623 \| 28/13,595
2012	492 \| 0/492	13,484 \| 28/13,456
2011	527 \| 0/527	13,302 \| 30/13,272
2010	547 \| 0/547	13,928 \| 30/13,898
2009	611 \| 0/611	14,272 \| 51/14,221
2008	679 \| 0/679	15,220 \| 32/15,188
2007	779 \| 0/779	16,006 \| 33/15,973
2006	870 \| 0/870	16,300 \| 46/16,254
2005	878 \| 0/878	16,166 \| 26/16,140

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By Year

Year	Gary (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2004	925 \| 0/925	16,564 \| 95/16,469
2003	912 \| 0/912	16,929 \| 34/16,895
2002	1,043 \| 0/1,043	16,999 \| 31/16,968
2001	1,013 \| 0/1,013	17,115 \| 42/17,073
2000	1,168 \| 0/1,168	18,031 \| 40/17,991
1999	1,253 \| 0/1,253	18,595 \| 40/18,555
1998	1,345 \| 0/1,345	19,734 \| 45/19,689
1997	1,333 \| 6/1,327	20,449 \| 42/20,407
1996	1,551 \| 8/1,543	21,226 \| 62/21,164
1995	1,633 \| 8/1,625	22,793 \| 57/22,736

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By Year

Year	Gary (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1994	1,903 \| 5/1,898	24,844 \| 67/24,777
1993	2,073 \| 9/2,064	26,330 \| 75/26,255
1992	2,407 \| 14/2,393	28,579 \| 70/28,509
1991	2,685 \| 7/2,678	30,608 \| 95/30,513
1990	3,085 \| 15/3,070	32,472 \| 115/32,357
1989	3,142 \| 16/3,126	32,896 \| 176/32,720
1988	3,270 \| 26/3,244	32,765 \| 244/32,521
1987	3,516 \| 30/3,486	32,906 \| 246/32,660
1986	3,752 \| 33/3,719	34,328 \| 273/34,055
1985	3,847 \| 35/3,812	36,151 \| 287/35,864

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By Year

Year	Gary (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1984	3,976 \| 26/3,950	36,094 \| 238/35,856
1983	4,316 \| 47/4,269	36,626 \| 282/36,344
1982	4,683 \| 43/4,640	39,192 \| 317/38,875
1981	4,983 \| 36/4,947	38,561 \| 272/38,289
1980	5,079 \| 42/5,037	39,585 \| 271/39,314
1979	5,092 \| 52/5,040	39,612 \| 261/39,351
1978	5,150 \| 38/5,112	40,171 \| 269/39,902
1977	5,498 \| 51/5,447	40,316 \| 273/40,043
1976	5,630 \| 38/5,592	38,550 \| 252/38,298
1975	6,162 \| 47/6,115	39,828 \| 254/39,574

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By Year

Year	Gary (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1974	6,490 \| 46/6,444	41,586 \| 250/41,336
1973	6,898 \| 47/6,851	43,154 \| 316/42,838
1972	7,808 \| 49/7,759	47,364 \| 300/47,064
1971	9,243 \| 54/9,189	54,905 \| 302/54,603
1970	10,780 \| 64/10,716	62,094 \| 354/61,740
1969	11,211 \| 68/11,143	60,223 \| 329/59,894
1968	12,044 \| 72/11,972	60,978 \| 312/60,666
1967	12,676 \| 63/12,613	61,998 \| 310/61,688
1966	14,210 \| 54/14,156	65,461 \| 298/65,163
1965	15,311 \| 52/15,259	67,977 \| 303/67,674

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By Year

Year	Gary (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1964	17,270 \| 61/17,209	73,339 \| 318/73,021
1963	19,000 \| 76/18,924	71,602 \| 311/71,291
1962	20,966 \| 78/20,888	72,823 \| 262/72,561
1961	22,261 \| 93/22,168	76,243 \| 284/75,959
1960	21,762 \| 78/21,684	77,095 \| 291/76,804
1959	23,376 \| 75/23,301	78,938 \| 294/78,644
1958	25,354 \| 64/25,290	79,025 \| 252/78,773
1957	29,618 \| 87/29,531	84,622 \| 279/84,343
1956	31,906 \| 67/31,839	85,151 \| 248/84,903
1955	34,520 \| 87/34,433	84,427 \| 243/84,184

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By Year

Year	Gary (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1954	38,009 \| 88/37,921	86,537 \| 225/86,312
1953	37,033 \| 67/36,966	86,307 \| 236/86,071
1952	38,838 \| 85/38,753	87,324 \| 258/87,066
1951	38,230 \| 69/38,161	87,513 \| 256/87,257
1950	33,808 \| 68/33,740	86,475 \| 252/86,223
1949	28,988 \| 55/28,933	87,116 \| 257/86,859
1948	28,470 \| 74/28,396	88,855 \| 251/88,604
1947	30,120 \| 90/30,030	95,020 \| 257/94,763
1946	27,010 \| 79/26,931	87,686 \| 250/87,436
1945	21,405 \| 60/21,345	74,713 \| 247/74,466

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By Year

Year	Gary (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1944	20,125 \| 67/20,058	77,188 \| 237/76,951
1943	17,926 \| 58/17,868	80,547 \| 272/80,275
1942	17,127 \| 60/17,067	77,460 \| 280/77,180
1941	14,618 \| 50/14,568	67,008 \| 256/66,752
1940	12,617 \| 44/12,573	62,740 \| 259/62,481
1939	9,708 \| 27/9,681	59,904 \| 268/59,636
1938	8,897 \| 35/8,862	59,377 \| 275/59,102
1937	6,801 \| 38/6,763	56,813 \| 251/56,562
1936	5,219 \| 27/5,192	54,925 \| 229/54,696
1935	4,506 \| 16/4,490	55,240 \| 238/55,002

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By Year

Year	Gary (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1934	3,369 \| 15/3,354	54,531 \| 262/54,269
1933	2,274 \| 20/2,254	51,409 \| 299/51,110
1932	1,308 \| 13/1,295	52,251 \| 320/51,931
1931	1,004 \| 14/990	51,558 \| 345/51,213
1930	728 \| 15/713	54,376 \| 419/53,957
1929	542 \| 5/537	52,530 \| 397/52,133
1928	239 \| 12/227	53,180 \| 427/52,753
1927	130 \| 0/130	54,065 \| 390/53,675
1926	114 \| 10/104	53,555 \| 358/53,197
1925	120 \| 5/115	53,044 \| 365/52,679

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By Year

Year	Gary (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1924	90 \| 6/84	53,215 \| 274/52,941
1923	85 \| 0/85	50,743 \| 280/50,463
1922	78 \| 5/73	50,042 \| 239/49,803
1921	95 \| 9/86	49,981 \| 231/49,750
1920	81 \| 7/74	48,157 \| 249/47,908
1919	89 \| 7/82	42,584 \| 192/42,392
1918	79 \| 5/74	42,327 \| 212/42,115
1917	79 \| 7/72	37,520 \| 182/37,338
1916	72 \| 0/72	35,734 \| 166/35,568
1915	84 \| 6/78	33,928 \| 155/33,773

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By Year

Year	Gary (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1914	59 \| 0/59	26,369 \| 107/26,262
1913	40 \| 0/40	20,927 \| 95/20,832
1912	44 \| 0/44	17,725 \| 81/17,644
1911	25 \| 0/25	10,021 \| 69/9,952
1910	16 \| 0/16	9,257 \| 63/9,194
1909	12 \| 0/12	7,647 \| 52/7,595
1908	26 \| 0/26	7,044 \| 32/7,012
1907	16 \| 0/16	6,752 \| 45/6,707
1906	16 \| 0/16	5,945 \| 37/5,908
1905	16 \| 0/16	6,077 \| 35/6,042

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By Year

Year	Gary (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1904	11 \| 0/11	5,882 \| 27/5,855
1903	8 \| 0/8	5,507 \| 28/5,479
1902	18 \| 0/18	5,622 \| 30/5,592
1901	10 \| 0/10	4,765 \| 30/4,735
1900	9 \| 0/9	7,286 \| 41/7,245
1899	8 \| 0/8	4,624 \| 27/4,597
1898	7 \| 0/7	5,350 \| 29/5,321
1897	13 \| 0/13	5,143 \| 30/5,113
1896	13 \| 0/13	5,234 \| 28/5,206
1895	12 \| 0/12	5,369 \| 34/5,335

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By Year

Year	Gary (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1894	10 \| 0/10	5,135 \| 25/5,110
1893	7 \| 0/7	5,053 \| 23/5,030
1892	15 \| 0/15	5,420 \| 22/5,398
1891	6 \| 0/6	4,547 \| 31/4,516
1890	11 \| 0/11	5,130 \| 33/5,097
1889	0 \| 0/0	5,046 \| 26/5,020
1888	6 \| 0/6	5,607 \| 45/5,562
1887	7 \| 0/7	4,787 \| 19/4,768
1886	7 \| 0/7	5,384 \| 29/5,355
1885	7 \| 0/7	5,201 \| 26/5,175

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By Year

Year	Gary (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1884	5 \| 0/5	5,726 \| 33/5,693
1883	0 \| 0/0	5,248 \| 25/5,223
1882	10 \| 0/10	5,910 \| 18/5,892
1881	6 \| 0/6	5,465 \| 24/5,441
1880	6 \| 0/6	5,949 \| 22/5,927