James is a first name typically given to boys, but in rare cases also used as a girls name.
In the US, James is one of the most popular names ever. In the SmartGenius ranking recently, it has regularly been among the top 10 most common boys names and is currently in place 5. In fact, one out auf 300 boys under the age of 10 is named James. In total, there are currently 5,033,057 people – children, adults and seniors – named James living in the United States, which is approximately 1.5 % of the entire population.
The name James has become established in English as a variant of the name Jacob. It is first recorded in the Bible and originally means ‘may he (i.e., God) protect’ or ‘to follow’. In popular parlance, the name is also often translated as ‘he deceives’ or ‘to supplant’.
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When you hear the name James, you might first think of people. But did you know that there are also places with the name James? Are you also called James? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...
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is a cape that forms the southern tip of Smith Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands.
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14 - this is the count with which the first name James has reached the top position, i.e. rank 1, of the most popular first names for boys in the USA. Admittedly, the last time was a while ago, in the year 1952, when 87,323 newborn boys were given this beautiful name. And even if it wasn't on top in the recent past, it has been given by new parents to their sons every year since first name statistics began in 1880, putting it in the exclusive circle of only 442 first names for boys that are given at least 5 times a year in the USA. This makes James a classic first name and a part of the traditional American identity.
In years where the graph has no value, the name James was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.
In 2022, the first name James was given 12,112 times to newborn boys, ranking it #4. The name was given least in the year 2010, where it ranked #19 – only 13,917 newborn boys were given this first name then.
James is one of the most common names in the U.S. – in all states combined, 5,033,057 people would currently turn around if you called out JAMES really loud. Across all states and age groups, this lands James on position 1 in our SmartGenius ranking of the top male names – of course, the current popularity as a baby name for newborns looks somewhat different, as you can see from the statistics above. With so many people named James it’s no surprise that the name is widely used in every single state in the U.S., but would you have guessed that James is especially popular in Mississippi? Here, James is the most widespread of all male names. A total of 115,266 men and boys called James currently live in Mississippi – which is 5,76% of all male residents. No other state has as many men named James in relation to its population.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter J is the most popular first letter for boys’ names. 10.1% of all common boys’ names in the US start with this letter. The second most common first letter in boys’ names is A.
With five letters, the name James is comparatively short. In fact, 17.0% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly five letters. Only 7% of all first names are even shorter, while 75% have more than five letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that if 10.1% of all boys’ names start with a J, this initial letter occurs nearly three times as often as all other letters on average. And, by the way, of all the boys’ names that begin with the letter J, the name James is the most common.
If your name is James and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name James, you can simply say:
Joker
Apple
Mouse
Elephant
Sun
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
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James
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
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In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
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A
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In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. James sounds like this:
