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Mary vs James — Popularity Comparison

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

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Mary James

By Year

Year	Mary (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2024	2,196 \| 2,196/0	11,861 \| 68/11,793
2023	2,081 \| 2,081/0	11,806 \| 79/11,727
2022	2,116 \| 2,116/0	12,194 \| 85/12,109
2021	2,100 \| 2,100/0	12,532 \| 68/12,464
2020	2,234 \| 2,229/5	12,447 \| 66/12,381
2019	2,239 \| 2,239/0	13,261 \| 68/13,193
2018	2,369 \| 2,369/0	13,687 \| 45/13,642
2017	2,424 \| 2,424/0	14,434 \| 77/14,357
2016	2,526 \| 2,526/0	14,983 \| 67/14,916
2015	2,642 \| 2,642/0	14,900 \| 39/14,861

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By Year

Year	Mary (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2014	2,641 \| 2,636/5	14,504 \| 42/14,462
2013	2,668 \| 2,668/0	13,623 \| 28/13,595
2012	2,590 \| 2,584/6	13,484 \| 28/13,456
2011	2,714 \| 2,714/0	13,302 \| 30/13,272
2010	2,886 \| 2,881/5	13,928 \| 30/13,898
2009	3,176 \| 3,176/0	14,272 \| 51/14,221
2008	3,513 \| 3,513/0	15,220 \| 32/15,188
2007	3,703 \| 3,693/10	16,006 \| 33/15,973
2006	4,119 \| 4,109/10	16,300 \| 46/16,254
2005	4,487 \| 4,477/10	16,166 \| 26/16,140

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By Year

Year	Mary (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2004	4,866 \| 4,835/31	16,564 \| 95/16,469
2003	5,051 \| 5,042/9	16,929 \| 34/16,895
2002	5,497 \| 5,485/12	16,999 \| 31/16,968
2001	5,773 \| 5,759/14	17,115 \| 42/17,073
2000	6,231 \| 6,221/10	18,031 \| 40/17,991
1999	6,399 \| 6,388/11	18,595 \| 40/18,555
1998	6,490 \| 6,476/14	19,734 \| 45/19,689
1997	6,663 \| 6,650/13	20,449 \| 42/20,407
1996	6,983 \| 6,967/16	21,226 \| 62/21,164
1995	7,471 \| 7,458/13	22,793 \| 57/22,736

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By Year

Year	Mary (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1994	7,766 \| 7,756/10	24,844 \| 67/24,777
1993	8,140 \| 8,122/18	26,330 \| 75/26,255
1992	8,488 \| 8,463/25	28,579 \| 70/28,509
1991	8,796 \| 8,764/32	30,608 \| 95/30,513
1990	8,714 \| 8,669/45	32,472 \| 115/32,357
1989	8,719 \| 8,645/74	32,896 \| 176/32,720
1988	8,565 \| 8,517/48	32,765 \| 244/32,521
1987	8,464 \| 8,395/69	32,906 \| 246/32,660
1986	8,554 \| 8,507/47	34,328 \| 273/34,055
1985	9,306 \| 9,239/67	36,151 \| 287/35,864

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By Year

Year	Mary (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1984	9,350 \| 9,294/56	36,094 \| 238/35,856
1983	9,953 \| 9,896/57	36,626 \| 282/36,344
1982	10,924 \| 10,851/73	39,192 \| 317/38,875
1981	11,110 \| 11,043/67	38,561 \| 272/38,289
1980	11,527 \| 11,475/52	39,585 \| 271/39,314
1979	10,621 \| 10,556/65	39,612 \| 261/39,351
1978	10,101 \| 10,040/61	40,171 \| 269/39,902
1977	10,706 \| 10,654/52	40,316 \| 273/40,043
1976	10,381 \| 10,319/62	38,550 \| 252/38,298
1975	11,038 \| 10,972/66	39,828 \| 254/39,574

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By Year

Year	Mary (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1974	11,800 \| 11,739/61	41,586 \| 250/41,336
1973	12,367 \| 12,313/54	43,154 \| 316/42,838
1972	13,830 \| 13,756/74	47,364 \| 300/47,064
1971	16,788 \| 16,702/86	54,905 \| 302/54,603
1970	19,302 \| 19,203/99	62,094 \| 354/61,740
1969	19,959 \| 19,851/108	60,223 \| 329/59,894
1968	21,826 \| 21,725/101	60,978 \| 312/60,666
1967	25,445 \| 25,318/127	61,998 \| 310/61,688
1966	28,997 \| 28,889/108	65,461 \| 298/65,163
1965	34,407 \| 34,271/136	67,977 \| 303/67,674

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By Year

Year	Mary (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1964	41,121 \| 40,987/134	73,339 \| 318/73,021
1963	41,680 \| 41,543/137	71,602 \| 311/71,291
1962	43,656 \| 43,498/158	72,823 \| 262/72,561
1961	47,856 \| 47,688/168	76,243 \| 284/75,959
1960	51,636 \| 51,468/168	77,095 \| 291/76,804
1959	54,673 \| 54,504/169	78,938 \| 294/78,644
1958	55,987 \| 55,846/141	79,025 \| 252/78,773
1957	61,285 \| 61,103/182	84,622 \| 279/84,343
1956	61,888 \| 61,743/145	85,151 \| 248/84,903
1955	63,321 \| 63,173/148	84,427 \| 243/84,184

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By Year

Year	Mary (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1954	68,187 \| 68,019/168	86,537 \| 225/86,312
1953	64,536 \| 64,390/146	86,307 \| 236/86,071
1952	65,786 \| 65,627/159	87,324 \| 258/87,066
1951	65,883 \| 65,722/161	87,513 \| 256/87,257
1950	65,601 \| 65,482/119	86,475 \| 252/86,223
1949	67,038 \| 66,869/169	87,116 \| 257/86,859
1948	68,762 \| 68,598/164	88,855 \| 251/88,604
1947	71,873 \| 71,689/184	95,020 \| 257/94,763
1946	67,653 \| 67,467/186	87,686 \| 250/87,436
1945	59,479 \| 59,281/198	74,713 \| 247/74,466

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By Year

Year	Mary (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1944	62,725 \| 62,472/253	77,188 \| 237/76,951
1943	66,430 \| 66,176/254	80,547 \| 272/80,275
1942	63,533 \| 63,255/278	77,460 \| 280/77,180
1941	58,364 \| 58,049/315	67,008 \| 256/66,752
1940	56,517 \| 56,214/303	62,740 \| 259/62,481
1939	55,172 \| 54,900/272	59,904 \| 268/59,636
1938	56,509 \| 56,225/284	59,377 \| 275/59,102
1937	55,931 \| 55,643/288	56,813 \| 251/56,562
1936	54,666 \| 54,374/292	54,925 \| 229/54,696
1935	55,351 \| 55,074/277	55,240 \| 238/55,002

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By Year

Year	Mary (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1934	57,233 \| 56,931/302	54,531 \| 262/54,269
1933	55,835 \| 55,517/318	51,409 \| 299/51,110
1932	60,211 \| 59,881/330	52,251 \| 320/51,931
1931	60,624 \| 60,299/325	51,558 \| 345/51,213
1930	64,493 \| 64,153/340	54,376 \| 419/53,957
1929	63,838 \| 63,511/327	52,530 \| 397/52,133
1928	67,166 \| 66,872/294	53,180 \| 427/52,753
1927	70,925 \| 70,642/283	54,065 \| 390/53,675
1926	68,105 \| 67,833/272	53,555 \| 358/53,197
1925	70,846 \| 70,586/260	53,044 \| 365/52,679

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By Year

Year	Mary (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1924	73,758 \| 73,534/224	53,215 \| 274/52,941
1923	71,838 \| 71,635/203	50,743 \| 280/50,463
1922	72,362 \| 72,176/186	50,042 \| 239/49,803
1921	74,171 \| 73,984/187	49,981 \| 231/49,750
1920	71,178 \| 70,983/195	48,157 \| 249/47,908
1919	65,990 \| 65,836/154	42,584 \| 192/42,392
1918	67,534 \| 67,365/169	42,327 \| 212/42,115
1917	64,439 \| 64,280/159	37,520 \| 182/37,338
1916	61,602 \| 61,438/164	35,734 \| 166/35,568
1915	58,346 \| 58,187/159	33,928 \| 155/33,773

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By Year

Year	Mary (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1914	45,473 \| 45,346/127	26,369 \| 107/26,262
1913	36,768 \| 36,642/126	20,927 \| 95/20,832
1912	32,422 \| 32,304/118	17,725 \| 81/17,644
1911	24,488 \| 24,390/98	10,021 \| 69/9,952
1910	22,947 \| 22,848/99	9,257 \| 63/9,194
1909	19,339 \| 19,259/80	7,647 \| 52/7,595
1908	18,744 \| 18,665/79	7,044 \| 32/7,012
1907	17,650 \| 17,580/70	6,752 \| 45/6,707
1906	16,446 \| 16,370/76	5,945 \| 37/5,908
1905	16,135 \| 16,067/68	6,077 \| 35/6,042

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By Year

Year	Mary (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1904	15,019 \| 14,961/58	5,882 \| 27/5,855
1903	14,338 \| 14,275/63	5,507 \| 28/5,479
1902	14,542 \| 14,486/56	5,622 \| 30/5,592
1901	13,194 \| 13,136/58	4,765 \| 30/4,735
1900	16,780 \| 16,705/75	7,286 \| 41/7,245
1899	13,222 \| 13,172/50	4,624 \| 27/4,597
1898	14,456 \| 14,406/50	5,350 \| 29/5,321
1897	13,476 \| 13,413/63	5,143 \| 30/5,113
1896	13,868 \| 13,811/57	5,234 \| 28/5,206
1895	13,494 \| 13,447/47	5,369 \| 34/5,335

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By Year

Year	Mary (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1894	13,199 \| 13,151/48	5,135 \| 25/5,110
1893	12,839 \| 12,784/55	5,053 \| 23/5,030
1892	13,222 \| 13,172/50	5,420 \| 22/5,398
1891	11,743 \| 11,704/39	4,547 \| 31/4,516
1890	12,113 \| 12,078/35	5,130 \| 33/5,097
1889	11,689 \| 11,648/41	5,046 \| 26/5,020
1888	11,804 \| 11,754/50	5,607 \| 45/5,562
1887	9,935 \| 9,888/47	4,787 \| 19/4,768
1886	9,921 \| 9,889/32	5,384 \| 29/5,355
1885	9,166 \| 9,128/38	5,201 \| 26/5,175

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By Year

Year	Mary (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1884	9,253 \| 9,217/36	5,726 \| 33/5,693
1883	8,044 \| 8,012/32	5,248 \| 25/5,223
1882	8,178 \| 8,148/30	5,910 \| 18/5,892
1881	6,948 \| 6,919/29	5,465 \| 24/5,441
1880	7,092 \| 7,065/27	5,949 \| 22/5,927