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Kelly vs James — Popularity Comparison

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

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Kelly James

By Year

Year	Kelly (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2024	419 \| 310/109	11,861 \| 68/11,793
2023	456 \| 362/94	11,806 \| 79/11,727
2022	469 \| 347/122	12,194 \| 85/12,109
2021	438 \| 324/114	12,532 \| 68/12,464
2020	476 \| 366/110	12,447 \| 66/12,381
2019	554 \| 447/107	13,261 \| 68/13,193
2018	588 \| 485/103	13,687 \| 45/13,642
2017	619 \| 504/115	14,434 \| 77/14,357
2016	723 \| 605/118	14,983 \| 67/14,916
2015	779 \| 675/104	14,900 \| 39/14,861

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By Year

Year	Kelly (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2014	844 \| 739/105	14,504 \| 42/14,462
2013	952 \| 849/103	13,623 \| 28/13,595
2012	998 \| 892/106	13,484 \| 28/13,456
2011	1,052 \| 944/108	13,302 \| 30/13,272
2010	1,162 \| 1,061/101	13,928 \| 30/13,898
2009	1,391 \| 1,251/140	14,272 \| 51/14,221
2008	1,512 \| 1,399/113	15,220 \| 32/15,188
2007	1,722 \| 1,568/154	16,006 \| 33/15,973
2006	1,750 \| 1,611/139	16,300 \| 46/16,254
2005	2,079 \| 1,952/127	16,166 \| 26/16,140

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By Year

Year	Kelly (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2004	2,517 \| 2,357/160	16,564 \| 95/16,469
2003	2,882 \| 2,736/146	16,929 \| 34/16,895
2002	3,037 \| 2,852/185	16,999 \| 31/16,968
2001	2,988 \| 2,814/174	17,115 \| 42/17,073
2000	3,278 \| 3,076/202	18,031 \| 40/17,991
1999	3,615 \| 3,420/195	18,595 \| 40/18,555
1998	3,943 \| 3,703/240	19,734 \| 45/19,689
1997	4,348 \| 4,064/284	20,449 \| 42/20,407
1996	5,073 \| 4,734/339	21,226 \| 62/21,164
1995	5,755 \| 5,398/357	22,793 \| 57/22,736

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By Year

Year	Kelly (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1994	5,831 \| 5,446/385	24,844 \| 67/24,777
1993	6,770 \| 6,295/475	26,330 \| 75/26,255
1992	7,546 \| 7,012/534	28,579 \| 70/28,509
1991	8,157 \| 7,514/643	30,608 \| 95/30,513
1990	8,824 \| 8,137/687	32,472 \| 115/32,357
1989	9,570 \| 8,759/811	32,896 \| 176/32,720
1988	9,656 \| 8,916/740	32,765 \| 244/32,521
1987	10,652 \| 9,866/786	32,906 \| 246/32,660
1986	11,284 \| 10,411/873	34,328 \| 273/34,055
1985	11,923 \| 11,031/892	36,151 \| 287/35,864

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By Year

Year	Kelly (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1984	12,202 \| 11,217/985	36,094 \| 238/35,856
1983	12,641 \| 11,587/1,054	36,626 \| 282/36,344
1982	13,441 \| 12,170/1,271	39,192 \| 317/38,875
1981	13,054 \| 11,873/1,181	38,561 \| 272/38,289
1980	14,893 \| 13,710/1,183	39,585 \| 271/39,314
1979	16,504 \| 15,296/1,208	39,612 \| 261/39,351
1978	18,285 \| 16,977/1,308	40,171 \| 269/39,902
1977	19,718 \| 18,234/1,484	40,316 \| 273/40,043
1976	13,331 \| 11,791/1,540	38,550 \| 252/38,298
1975	13,381 \| 11,737/1,644	39,828 \| 254/39,574

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By Year

Year	Kelly (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1974	12,607 \| 10,849/1,758	41,586 \| 250/41,336
1973	12,216 \| 10,514/1,702	43,154 \| 316/42,838
1972	12,860 \| 10,943/1,917	47,364 \| 300/47,064
1971	14,865 \| 12,599/2,266	54,905 \| 302/54,603
1970	17,103 \| 14,608/2,495	62,094 \| 354/61,740
1969	19,119 \| 16,328/2,791	60,223 \| 329/59,894
1968	20,197 \| 17,139/3,058	60,978 \| 312/60,666
1967	16,810 \| 13,717/3,093	61,998 \| 310/61,688
1966	16,026 \| 13,242/2,784	65,461 \| 298/65,163
1965	15,022 \| 12,763/2,259	67,977 \| 303/67,674

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By Year

Year	Kelly (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1964	14,961 \| 12,469/2,492	73,339 \| 318/73,021
1963	15,277 \| 12,550/2,727	71,602 \| 311/71,291
1962	14,386 \| 11,530/2,856	72,823 \| 262/72,561
1961	12,654 \| 9,641/3,013	76,243 \| 284/75,959
1960	11,604 \| 8,673/2,931	77,095 \| 291/76,804
1959	8,816 \| 6,379/2,437	78,938 \| 294/78,644
1958	6,771 \| 4,472/2,299	79,025 \| 252/78,773
1957	3,779 \| 1,903/1,876	84,622 \| 279/84,343
1956	2,298 \| 830/1,468	85,151 \| 248/84,903
1955	1,789 \| 539/1,250	84,427 \| 243/84,184

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By Year

Year	Kelly (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1954	1,417 \| 453/964	86,537 \| 225/86,312
1953	1,071 \| 226/845	86,307 \| 236/86,071
1952	1,101 \| 296/805	87,324 \| 258/87,066
1951	864 \| 163/701	87,513 \| 256/87,257
1950	585 \| 97/488	86,475 \| 252/86,223
1949	627 \| 117/510	87,116 \| 257/86,859
1948	462 \| 83/379	88,855 \| 251/88,604
1947	424 \| 73/351	95,020 \| 257/94,763
1946	334 \| 51/283	87,686 \| 250/87,436
1945	291 \| 51/240	74,713 \| 247/74,466

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By Year

Year	Kelly (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1944	335 \| 60/275	77,188 \| 237/76,951
1943	311 \| 36/275	80,547 \| 272/80,275
1942	285 \| 36/249	77,460 \| 280/77,180
1941	188 \| 28/160	67,008 \| 256/66,752
1940	166 \| 24/142	62,740 \| 259/62,481
1939	163 \| 10/153	59,904 \| 268/59,636
1938	155 \| 18/137	59,377 \| 275/59,102
1937	140 \| 14/126	56,813 \| 251/56,562
1936	151 \| 13/138	54,925 \| 229/54,696
1935	138 \| 13/125	55,240 \| 238/55,002

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By Year

Year	Kelly (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1934	155 \| 11/144	54,531 \| 262/54,269
1933	132 \| 12/120	51,409 \| 299/51,110
1932	119 \| 14/105	52,251 \| 320/51,931
1931	138 \| 9/129	51,558 \| 345/51,213
1930	130 \| 13/117	54,376 \| 419/53,957
1929	152 \| 11/141	52,530 \| 397/52,133
1928	139 \| 11/128	53,180 \| 427/52,753
1927	142 \| 10/132	54,065 \| 390/53,675
1926	135 \| 12/123	53,555 \| 358/53,197
1925	136 \| 15/121	53,044 \| 365/52,679

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By Year

Year	Kelly (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1924	135 \| 10/125	53,215 \| 274/52,941
1923	121 \| 10/111	50,743 \| 280/50,463
1922	154 \| 13/141	50,042 \| 239/49,803
1921	148 \| 15/133	49,981 \| 231/49,750
1920	132 \| 11/121	48,157 \| 249/47,908
1919	152 \| 8/144	42,584 \| 192/42,392
1918	132 \| 14/118	42,327 \| 212/42,115
1917	139 \| 8/131	37,520 \| 182/37,338
1916	99 \| 9/90	35,734 \| 166/35,568
1915	106 \| 5/101	33,928 \| 155/33,773

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By Year

Year	Kelly (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1914	103 \| 11/92	26,369 \| 107/26,262
1913	63 \| 0/63	20,927 \| 95/20,832
1912	64 \| 7/57	17,725 \| 81/17,644
1911	46 \| 5/41	10,021 \| 69/9,952
1910	52 \| 6/46	9,257 \| 63/9,194
1909	33 \| 7/26	7,647 \| 52/7,595
1908	30 \| 5/25	7,044 \| 32/7,012
1907	34 \| 5/29	6,752 \| 45/6,707
1906	20 \| 0/20	5,945 \| 37/5,908
1905	11 \| 0/11	6,077 \| 35/6,042

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By Year

Year	Kelly (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1904	13 \| 0/13	5,882 \| 27/5,855
1903	21 \| 0/21	5,507 \| 28/5,479
1902	16 \| 0/16	5,622 \| 30/5,592
1901	12 \| 0/12	4,765 \| 30/4,735
1900	33 \| 0/33	7,286 \| 41/7,245
1899	9 \| 0/9	4,624 \| 27/4,597
1898	10 \| 0/10	5,350 \| 29/5,321
1897	15 \| 0/15	5,143 \| 30/5,113
1896	14 \| 0/14	5,234 \| 28/5,206
1895	23 \| 0/23	5,369 \| 34/5,335

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By Year

Year	Kelly (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1894	12 \| 0/12	5,135 \| 25/5,110
1893	21 \| 0/21	5,053 \| 23/5,030
1892	18 \| 0/18	5,420 \| 22/5,398
1891	9 \| 0/9	4,547 \| 31/4,516
1890	11 \| 0/11	5,130 \| 33/5,097
1889	17 \| 0/17	5,046 \| 26/5,020
1888	10 \| 0/10	5,607 \| 45/5,562
1887	13 \| 0/13	4,787 \| 19/4,768
1886	16 \| 0/16	5,384 \| 29/5,355
1885	15 \| 0/15	5,201 \| 26/5,175

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By Year

Year	Kelly (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1884	10 \| 0/10	5,726 \| 33/5,693
1883	12 \| 0/12	5,248 \| 25/5,223
1882	13 \| 0/13	5,910 \| 18/5,892
1881	8 \| 0/8	5,465 \| 24/5,441
1880	5 \| 0/5	5,949 \| 22/5,927