James
Top 1000
On Nameberry
About James
Variation of Diego
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #9 | 14,462 | 7,528.9 |
| 2015 | #7 | 14,861 | 7,753.3 |
| 2016 | #5 | 14,916 | 7,859.9 |
| 2017 | #4 | 14,357 | 7,756.5 |
| 2018 | #4 | 13,642 | 7,511.5 |
| 2019 | #6 | 13,193 | 7,353.1 |
| 2020 | #6 | 12,381 | 7,172.9 |
| 2021 | #5 | 12,464 | 7,124.4 |
| 2022 | #4 | 12,109 | 6,935.2 |
| 2023 | #4 | 11,727 | 6,855.6 |
| 2024 | #5 | 11,793 | 6,844.9 |
| 2025 | #6 | 11,945 | 6,993.2 |
World rankings
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Famous Jamess
- Saint James the Just
brother of Jesus, first bishop of Jerusalem
- Saint James the Apostle
son of Zebedee, brother of John the Apostle
- James I
V, Kings of Scotland
- James I and VI and James II and VII
Kings of England and Scotland
- James I and II
Kings of Aragon
- James II
IV, Kings of Majorca
- James Madison
Jr., 4th U.S. president
- James Monroe
5th U.S. president
- James Knox Polk
11th U.S. president
- James Buchanan
Jr., 15th U.S. president
- James Abram Garfield
20th U.S. president
- James Earl "Jimmy" Carter
Jr., 39th U.S. president
- James Connolly
Irish revolutionary leader, signatory and labor leader
- James Larkin
Irish revolutionary leader and labor leader
- James Byron Dean
American actor
- James Joseph Brown
American singer
- James Eugene "Jim" Carrey
Canadian actor
- James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart
American actor
- James Patrick "Jimmy" Page
English musician of band Led Zeppelin
- James Taylor
American singer,songwriter
- James Earl Jones
American actor
- James Todd Smith aka LL Cool J
American rapper and actor
- James Byron Casey
American football player
- James Corden
English comedian and TV host
- James Child Drury
Jr., American actor
- James Edward Franco
American actor
- James Hillier Blunt
English singer,songwriter
- James Robert "Jim Bob" Duggar
TV personality
- James Thomas "Jimmy" Fallon
American actor/comedian
- James Feigen
American swimmer
- James George Frazer
Scottish anthropologist
- James Garner
American actor
- James "Jimi" Hendrix
American singer
- James Maury "Jim" Henson
American puppeteer
- James Augustine Aloysius Joyce
Irish novelist and poet
- James Harvey "Jamie" Kennedy
American actor/comedian
- James Martin Lafferty
American actor
- James Hiroyuki Liao
American actor
- James Magnussen
Australian swimmer
- James Marlowe
American actor and singer
- James Paul Marsden
American actor
- James Marsters
American actor
- James David Maslow
American actor and singer
- James Clerk Maxwell
Scottish mathematical physicist
- James Andrew McAvoy
Scottish actor
- James Daniel McVey
lead guitarist for The Vamps
- James Morrison
English singer
- James "Murr" Murray
comedian from TV's Impractical Jokers
- James Rainwater
American physicist and Nobel prize winner
- James Righton
member of the British band, Klaxons
- James Roberts
Australian swimmer
- James Rollins
American Author
- James David Van Der Beek
American actor
- James Wolfe
British war hero
- (James) Paul McCartney
English musician of The Beatles
- James William Acaster
British comedian
- James David "Roady" Rodriguez
American actor
- James Andrew Eric Phelps
English actor
- James Anthony Yammouni
Youtube comedian
- James A. Lovell
Jr., American astronaut
- James A. McDivitt
American astronaut
- James Fitzjames
British Royal Navy officer
- James Joseph "Jim" Parsons
American actor
- James Elliot Bourne
British musician of band Busted
- James Alfred "Jim" Chapman
British vlogger
- James Perry
American actor in YouTube sketch comedy show Studio C
- James Francis "Jim" Cameron
Canadian filmmaker, director, and producer
- James Metcalfe "Jamie" Campbell Bower
English actor, singer, and model
- James Ma (born James Assarasakorn)
Thai actor and model
- James Kowats
American executive producer
- James Milner
English professional footballer
- James "UberHaxorNova" Wilson
YouTube personality
- James Charles Dickinson
YouTube personality
- James Turner
YouTuber
- James Leonard Gillette (b.1997)
son of Lita Ford and Jim Gillette of Nitro
- James Andrew Duggar (b. 2001)
13th child of reality TV's Duggar family
- James Wilkie Broderick (b. 2002)
son of actors Matthew Broderick & Sarah Jessica Parker
- James Alexander Philip Theo Mountbatten
Windsor, Viscount Severn (b. 2007); son of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex; grandson of Queen Elizabeth II
- James Monroe Hanson (b. 2008)
son of American musician Isaac Hanson
- James Hoke Dorough (b. 2009)
son of singer Howie Dorough of the Backstreet Boys
- James Joseph Cavanagh (b. 2009)
son of Canadian actor Tom Cavanagh
- James Timothy Pudi (b. 2012)
son of actor Danny Pudi
- James Knight Newman (b. 2013)
son of actress and model Jaime King
- James Hamilton McDonough (b. 2014)
son of actor Neal McDonough
- James Jeffrey Dunham (b. 2015)
son of comedian Jeff Dunham
- James Arthur Walker
IV (b. 2016), son of American news correspondent Brooke Anderson
- Jamin James Pastore (b.2017)
son of Natalie Pasquarella and Jamin Pastore
- James Andrew Glennon (b. 2018)
son of American reality television personality Amber Portwood, half,brother to Leah Leann
- James Holt Joblon (b. 2019)
son of Claire Holt and Andrew Joblon.
- James Hunter Bailey
son of Devon Aoki and James Bailey.
- James Francis Cagney Jr.
American actor
- Yu-fan "James" Chao
Taiwanese-Thai singer, songwriter, and choreographer under BigHit Music; member of Kpop boy-band Cortis
James in pop culture
- James Bond
007, spy character created by Ian Fleming
- James Tiberius Kirk
captain in the Star Trek series
- James 'Jim' Hawkins
main character in RL Stevenson's Treasure Island and Disney's Treasure Planet
- James Isaac "Jimmy" Neutron
main character in Jimmy Neutron : Boy Genius
- James Conrad
character in "King Kong" series
- "James & the Giant Peach
" novel by Roald Dahl, movie and main character
- James "Prongs" Potter
father of Harry James Potter in the Harry Potter series
- James Sirius Potter
son of Harry James Potter in the Harry Potter series
- James "Jem" Carstairs
character in Cassandra Clare's Infernal Devices series
- James "Jim" Moriarty
nemesis in the Sherlock Holmes series
- James "Rhodey" Rhodes
character in Marvel Universe
- James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes
character in Marvel Universe
- James "Logan" Howlett
also known as Wolverine, character in Marvel Universe
- James "Sawyer" Ford
character on TV series "Lost"
- James "Jim" Paxton
character in Marvel Universe
- James Griffin
the MFE pilot in Voltron: Legendary Defender
- James Sunderland
main character in the video game "Silent Hill 2"
- James Leary
character in video game "The Sims 3: Moonlight Bay"
- James Diamond
character on TV's "Big Time Rush"
- James
character in the Twilight series
- James "Jimmy" Kent
character on TV's "Downton Abbey"
- James
main character in viral short film "One,Minute Time Machine" (2014)
- James Trivette
character on TV's "Walker, Texas Ranger"
- James
member of Team Rocket in the Pokemon series
- James Duncan "Jim" Halpert
character on TV's "The Office"
- James Lucas "Jamie" Scott
character on TV's "One Tree Hill"
- James
a train on TV's "Thomas & Friends"
- James "Wilke" Wilkerson III
Character on TV's "Switched at Birth"
- James Whitlock
character in the Mindbender series by Veronica Slemp
- James Stark
character in the 'House of Night' series by PC Cast
- James Gatz
birth name of Jay Gatsby in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby"
- James Byrd
penguin in "Spyro the Dragon" video games
- James Walsham
main character in G. A. Henty's, With Wolfe in Canada
- James Herondale
main character in Cassandra Clare's "The Last Hours"
- James 'Iggy' Griffiths
character in the Maximum Ride novels
- James
character in video game "Fallout 3"
- James Yewbeam
character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
- James Morgan "Jimmy" McGill
real name of Saul Goodman, character on TV's 'Breaking Bad' and 'Better Call Saul'
- James Dennet
character in Mary Kubica's novel "The Good Girl"
- James "Jimmy" Palmer
character on TV's "NCIS"
- James Evan Wilson
character on TV's "House M.D."
- James "Jim" Brass
character on TV's "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"
- James Rook
character in webcomic "Hotblood!"
- James Bartholomew "Jimmy" Olsen
character in DC Universe
- James Jacob "Jim" Harper
also known as Guardian, character in DC Universe
- James Jesse
also known as Trickster, character in DC Universe
- James Gordon Sr. and James Gordon Jr.
characters in DC Universe
- James Bennet(t) Sr. and James Bennet(t) Jr.
characters in DC Universe
- James Keziah Delaney
Tom Hardy's character in Taboo (TV Series)
- James "Jim" Lake Jr.
character in DreamWorks Trollhunters
- James Vanderboom
character in Rusty Lake: Roots
- James Ratri aka William Minerva
character in the manga/anime series "The Promised Neverland"
- "King James and Brown"
A ballad in the 19th century collection "The Child Ballads"
- "James Grant"
A ballad in the 19th century collection "The Child Ballads"
- "Bonnie James Campbell"
A ballad in the 19th century collection "The Child Ballads"
- "Sir James the Rose"
A ballad in the 19th century collection "The Child Ballads"
- "James Harris (The Daemon Lover)"
A ballad in the 19th century collection "The Child Ballads"
- "James Hatley"
A ballad in the 19th century collection "The Child Ballads"
Variations & nicknames
- ShamusIrish
- JaapDutch
- HamishScottish
- ShayIrish
- GiacomoItalian
- JagoCornish
- SeumasScottish
- DiegoSpanish
- JockScottish
- JamieScottish
- SéamasIrish
- SeumusIrish
- ShamasIrish
- JacqueFrench
- YagoSpanish
- SantiagoSpanish
- HagopArmenian
- JaimeSpanish
- IagoSpanish
- JacquesFrench
More nicknames
- Jimmy
- Jamie
- Jamey
