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Alexander vs James — Popularity Comparison

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By Year

Year	Alexander (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2024	7,527 \| 10/7,517	11,861 \| 68/11,793
2023	7,920 \| 11/7,909	11,806 \| 79/11,727
2022	8,754 \| 10/8,744	12,194 \| 85/12,109
2021	9,439 \| 21/9,418	12,532 \| 68/12,464
2020	10,271 \| 9/10,262	12,447 \| 66/12,381
2019	11,348 \| 23/11,325	13,261 \| 68/13,193
2018	12,129 \| 20/12,109	13,687 \| 45/13,642
2017	12,595 \| 21/12,574	14,434 \| 77/14,357
2016	13,463 \| 18/13,445	14,983 \| 67/14,916
2015	14,605 \| 22/14,583	14,900 \| 39/14,861

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By Year

Year	Alexander (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2014	15,477 \| 33/15,444	14,504 \| 42/14,462
2013	14,952 \| 30/14,922	13,623 \| 28/13,595
2012	15,285 \| 28/15,257	13,484 \| 28/13,456
2011	15,750 \| 34/15,716	13,302 \| 30/13,272
2010	16,811 \| 44/16,767	13,928 \| 30/13,898
2009	18,287 \| 34/18,253	14,272 \| 51/14,221
2008	18,754 \| 44/18,710	15,220 \| 32/15,188
2007	18,189 \| 39/18,150	16,006 \| 33/15,973
2006	18,286 \| 51/18,235	16,300 \| 46/16,254
2005	18,191 \| 63/18,128	16,166 \| 26/16,140

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By Year

Year	Alexander (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2004	18,040 \| 115/17,925	16,564 \| 95/16,469
2003	17,769 \| 55/17,714	16,929 \| 34/16,895
2002	17,802 \| 84/17,718	16,999 \| 31/16,968
2001	16,769 \| 50/16,719	17,115 \| 42/17,073
2000	17,354 \| 64/17,290	18,031 \| 40/17,991
1999	17,516 \| 96/17,420	18,595 \| 40/18,555
1998	17,548 \| 82/17,466	19,734 \| 45/19,689
1997	17,192 \| 80/17,112	20,449 \| 42/20,407
1996	18,056 \| 92/17,964	21,226 \| 62/21,164
1995	19,597 \| 143/19,454	22,793 \| 57/22,736

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By Year

Year	Alexander (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1994	20,262 \| 164/20,098	24,844 \| 67/24,777
1993	20,707 \| 178/20,529	26,330 \| 75/26,255
1992	20,278 \| 209/20,069	28,579 \| 70/28,509
1991	17,831 \| 194/17,637	30,608 \| 95/30,513
1990	16,417 \| 223/16,194	32,472 \| 115/32,357
1989	14,761 \| 237/14,524	32,896 \| 176/32,720
1988	13,669 \| 331/13,338	32,765 \| 244/32,521
1987	12,053 \| 216/11,837	32,906 \| 246/32,660
1986	10,817 \| 207/10,610	34,328 \| 273/34,055
1985	8,445 \| 147/8,298	36,151 \| 287/35,864

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By Year

Year	Alexander (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1984	6,611 \| 119/6,492	36,094 \| 238/35,856
1983	4,884 \| 78/4,806	36,626 \| 282/36,344
1982	4,675 \| 83/4,592	39,192 \| 317/38,875
1981	4,294 \| 58/4,236	38,561 \| 272/38,289
1980	3,332 \| 52/3,280	39,585 \| 271/39,314
1979	3,094 \| 35/3,059	39,612 \| 261/39,351
1978	2,775 \| 36/2,739	40,171 \| 269/39,902
1977	2,735 \| 32/2,703	40,316 \| 273/40,043
1976	2,477 \| 33/2,444	38,550 \| 252/38,298
1975	2,468 \| 29/2,439	39,828 \| 254/39,574

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By Year

Year	Alexander (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1974	2,395 \| 40/2,355	41,586 \| 250/41,336
1973	2,290 \| 31/2,259	43,154 \| 316/42,838
1972	2,135 \| 17/2,118	47,364 \| 300/47,064
1971	2,380 \| 20/2,360	54,905 \| 302/54,603
1970	2,481 \| 17/2,464	62,094 \| 354/61,740
1969	2,037 \| 22/2,015	60,223 \| 329/59,894
1968	1,789 \| 16/1,773	60,978 \| 312/60,666
1967	1,465 \| 10/1,455	61,998 \| 310/61,688
1966	1,377 \| 8/1,369	65,461 \| 298/65,163
1965	1,331 \| 10/1,321	67,977 \| 303/67,674

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By Year

Year	Alexander (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1964	1,301 \| 10/1,291	73,339 \| 318/73,021
1963	1,314 \| 5/1,309	71,602 \| 311/71,291
1962	1,228 \| 9/1,219	72,823 \| 262/72,561
1961	1,236 \| 8/1,228	76,243 \| 284/75,959
1960	1,211 \| 13/1,198	77,095 \| 291/76,804
1959	1,175 \| 9/1,166	78,938 \| 294/78,644
1958	1,197 \| 9/1,188	79,025 \| 252/78,773
1957	1,271 \| 7/1,264	84,622 \| 279/84,343
1956	1,234 \| 0/1,234	85,151 \| 248/84,903
1955	1,178 \| 7/1,171	84,427 \| 243/84,184

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By Year

Year	Alexander (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1954	1,236 \| 0/1,236	86,537 \| 225/86,312
1953	1,266 \| 5/1,261	86,307 \| 236/86,071
1952	1,292 \| 8/1,284	87,324 \| 258/87,066
1951	1,212 \| 0/1,212	87,513 \| 256/87,257
1950	1,172 \| 7/1,165	86,475 \| 252/86,223
1949	1,189 \| 5/1,184	87,116 \| 257/86,859
1948	1,130 \| 0/1,130	88,855 \| 251/88,604
1947	1,081 \| 0/1,081	95,020 \| 257/94,763
1946	972 \| 8/964	87,686 \| 250/87,436
1945	896 \| 5/891	74,713 \| 247/74,466

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By Year

Year	Alexander (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1944	864 \| 0/864	77,188 \| 237/76,951
1943	925 \| 0/925	80,547 \| 272/80,275
1942	860 \| 0/860	77,460 \| 280/77,180
1941	818 \| 0/818	67,008 \| 256/66,752
1940	760 \| 0/760	62,740 \| 259/62,481
1939	723 \| 0/723	59,904 \| 268/59,636
1938	673 \| 7/666	59,377 \| 275/59,102
1937	675 \| 0/675	56,813 \| 251/56,562
1936	618 \| 5/613	54,925 \| 229/54,696
1935	702 \| 0/702	55,240 \| 238/55,002

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By Year

Year	Alexander (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1934	622 \| 6/616	54,531 \| 262/54,269
1933	659 \| 0/659	51,409 \| 299/51,110
1932	781 \| 7/774	52,251 \| 320/51,931
1931	795 \| 0/795	51,558 \| 345/51,213
1930	877 \| 5/872	54,376 \| 419/53,957
1929	995 \| 10/985	52,530 \| 397/52,133
1928	1,056 \| 8/1,048	53,180 \| 427/52,753
1927	1,102 \| 10/1,092	54,065 \| 390/53,675
1926	1,150 \| 0/1,150	53,555 \| 358/53,197
1925	1,230 \| 6/1,224	53,044 \| 365/52,679

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By Year

Year	Alexander (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1924	1,386 \| 5/1,381	53,215 \| 274/52,941
1923	1,299 \| 6/1,293	50,743 \| 280/50,463
1922	1,359 \| 0/1,359	50,042 \| 239/49,803
1921	1,533 \| 0/1,533	49,981 \| 231/49,750
1920	1,481 \| 7/1,474	48,157 \| 249/47,908
1919	1,429 \| 7/1,422	42,584 \| 192/42,392
1918	1,598 \| 7/1,591	42,327 \| 212/42,115
1917	1,669 \| 5/1,664	37,520 \| 182/37,338
1916	1,593 \| 9/1,584	35,734 \| 166/35,568
1915	1,443 \| 11/1,432	33,928 \| 155/33,773

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By Year

Year	Alexander (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1914	1,176 \| 7/1,169	26,369 \| 107/26,262
1913	942 \| 5/937	20,927 \| 95/20,832
1912	803 \| 0/803	17,725 \| 81/17,644
1911	426 \| 0/426	10,021 \| 69/9,952
1910	324 \| 0/324	9,257 \| 63/9,194
1909	260 \| 5/255	7,647 \| 52/7,595
1908	246 \| 0/246	7,044 \| 32/7,012
1907	279 \| 0/279	6,752 \| 45/6,707
1906	204 \| 0/204	5,945 \| 37/5,908
1905	210 \| 0/210	6,077 \| 35/6,042

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By Year

Year	Alexander (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1904	203 \| 0/203	5,882 \| 27/5,855
1903	195 \| 0/195	5,507 \| 28/5,479
1902	216 \| 0/216	5,622 \| 30/5,592
1901	162 \| 0/162	4,765 \| 30/4,735
1900	260 \| 0/260	7,286 \| 41/7,245
1899	178 \| 0/178	4,624 \| 27/4,597
1898	180 \| 0/180	5,350 \| 29/5,321
1897	172 \| 0/172	5,143 \| 30/5,113
1896	232 \| 0/232	5,234 \| 28/5,206
1895	199 \| 0/199	5,369 \| 34/5,335

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By Year

Year	Alexander (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1894	199 \| 0/199	5,135 \| 25/5,110
1893	218 \| 0/218	5,053 \| 23/5,030
1892	202 \| 0/202	5,420 \| 22/5,398
1891	172 \| 0/172	4,547 \| 31/4,516
1890	202 \| 0/202	5,130 \| 33/5,097
1889	185 \| 0/185	5,046 \| 26/5,020
1888	237 \| 0/237	5,607 \| 45/5,562
1887	180 \| 0/180	4,787 \| 19/4,768
1886	206 \| 0/206	5,384 \| 29/5,355
1885	205 \| 0/205	5,201 \| 26/5,175

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By Year

Year	Alexander (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1884	236 \| 0/236	5,726 \| 33/5,693
1883	187 \| 0/187	5,248 \| 25/5,223
1882	225 \| 0/225	5,910 \| 18/5,892
1881	209 \| 0/209	5,465 \| 24/5,441
1880	211 \| 0/211	5,949 \| 22/5,927