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Sam vs James — Popularity Comparison

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

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Sam James

By Year

Year	Sam (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2024	441 \| 18/423	11,861 \| 68/11,793
2023	414 \| 11/403	11,806 \| 79/11,727
2022	436 \| 18/418	12,194 \| 85/12,109
2021	431 \| 19/412	12,532 \| 68/12,464
2020	414 \| 12/402	12,447 \| 66/12,381
2019	456 \| 14/442	13,261 \| 68/13,193
2018	466 \| 13/453	13,687 \| 45/13,642
2017	539 \| 12/527	14,434 \| 77/14,357
2016	495 \| 17/478	14,983 \| 67/14,916
2015	535 \| 12/523	14,900 \| 39/14,861

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By Year

Year	Sam (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2014	536 \| 13/523	14,504 \| 42/14,462
2013	494 \| 14/480	13,623 \| 28/13,595
2012	515 \| 5/510	13,484 \| 28/13,456
2011	559 \| 14/545	13,302 \| 30/13,272
2010	562 \| 12/550	13,928 \| 30/13,898
2009	596 \| 15/581	14,272 \| 51/14,221
2008	629 \| 21/608	15,220 \| 32/15,188
2007	623 \| 9/614	16,006 \| 33/15,973
2006	602 \| 16/586	16,300 \| 46/16,254
2005	569 \| 12/557	16,166 \| 26/16,140

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By Year

Year	Sam (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2004	600 \| 7/593	16,564 \| 95/16,469
2003	577 \| 0/577	16,929 \| 34/16,895
2002	561 \| 0/561	16,999 \| 31/16,968
2001	564 \| 10/554	17,115 \| 42/17,073
2000	523 \| 6/517	18,031 \| 40/17,991
1999	504 \| 6/498	18,595 \| 40/18,555
1998	492 \| 0/492	19,734 \| 45/19,689
1997	489 \| 5/484	20,449 \| 42/20,407
1996	535 \| 8/527	21,226 \| 62/21,164
1995	569 \| 0/569	22,793 \| 57/22,736

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By Year

Year	Sam (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1994	554 \| 0/554	24,844 \| 67/24,777
1993	573 \| 12/561	26,330 \| 75/26,255
1992	575 \| 0/575	28,579 \| 70/28,509
1991	598 \| 7/591	30,608 \| 95/30,513
1990	591 \| 5/586	32,472 \| 115/32,357
1989	508 \| 5/503	32,896 \| 176/32,720
1988	485 \| 6/479	32,765 \| 244/32,521
1987	489 \| 6/483	32,906 \| 246/32,660
1986	389 \| 8/381	34,328 \| 273/34,055
1985	359 \| 11/348	36,151 \| 287/35,864

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By Year

Year	Sam (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1984	369 \| 6/363	36,094 \| 238/35,856
1983	371 \| 11/360	36,626 \| 282/36,344
1982	381 \| 7/374	39,192 \| 317/38,875
1981	384 \| 0/384	38,561 \| 272/38,289
1980	377 \| 12/365	39,585 \| 271/39,314
1979	381 \| 7/374	39,612 \| 261/39,351
1978	424 \| 7/417	40,171 \| 269/39,902
1977	362 \| 5/357	40,316 \| 273/40,043
1976	398 \| 0/398	38,550 \| 252/38,298
1975	429 \| 9/420	39,828 \| 254/39,574

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By Year

Year	Sam (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1974	443 \| 6/437	41,586 \| 250/41,336
1973	482 \| 6/476	43,154 \| 316/42,838
1972	503 \| 6/497	47,364 \| 300/47,064
1971	551 \| 10/541	54,905 \| 302/54,603
1970	613 \| 13/600	62,094 \| 354/61,740
1969	591 \| 8/583	60,223 \| 329/59,894
1968	575 \| 8/567	60,978 \| 312/60,666
1967	618 \| 11/607	61,998 \| 310/61,688
1966	692 \| 14/678	65,461 \| 298/65,163
1965	790 \| 16/774	67,977 \| 303/67,674

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By Year

Year	Sam (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1964	964 \| 9/955	73,339 \| 318/73,021
1963	1,025 \| 9/1,016	71,602 \| 311/71,291
1962	1,094 \| 23/1,071	72,823 \| 262/72,561
1961	1,209 \| 17/1,192	76,243 \| 284/75,959
1960	1,225 \| 16/1,209	77,095 \| 291/76,804
1959	1,311 \| 13/1,298	78,938 \| 294/78,644
1958	1,190 \| 13/1,177	79,025 \| 252/78,773
1957	1,079 \| 10/1,069	84,622 \| 279/84,343
1956	962 \| 11/951	85,151 \| 248/84,903
1955	885 \| 11/874	84,427 \| 243/84,184

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By Year

Year	Sam (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1954	887 \| 14/873	86,537 \| 225/86,312
1953	892 \| 12/880	86,307 \| 236/86,071
1952	950 \| 10/940	87,324 \| 258/87,066
1951	1,049 \| 15/1,034	87,513 \| 256/87,257
1950	966 \| 10/956	86,475 \| 252/86,223
1949	1,112 \| 8/1,104	87,116 \| 257/86,859
1948	1,248 \| 10/1,238	88,855 \| 251/88,604
1947	1,424 \| 8/1,416	95,020 \| 257/94,763
1946	1,312 \| 8/1,304	87,686 \| 250/87,436
1945	1,144 \| 7/1,137	74,713 \| 247/74,466

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By Year

Year	Sam (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1944	1,222 \| 10/1,212	77,188 \| 237/76,951
1943	1,337 \| 15/1,322	80,547 \| 272/80,275
1942	1,297 \| 17/1,280	77,460 \| 280/77,180
1941	1,203 \| 12/1,191	67,008 \| 256/66,752
1940	1,157 \| 10/1,147	62,740 \| 259/62,481
1939	1,130 \| 9/1,121	59,904 \| 268/59,636
1938	1,177 \| 15/1,162	59,377 \| 275/59,102
1937	1,226 \| 13/1,213	56,813 \| 251/56,562
1936	1,255 \| 19/1,236	54,925 \| 229/54,696
1935	1,374 \| 10/1,364	55,240 \| 238/55,002

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By Year

Year	Sam (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1934	1,328 \| 7/1,321	54,531 \| 262/54,269
1933	1,369 \| 18/1,351	51,409 \| 299/51,110
1932	1,472 \| 18/1,454	52,251 \| 320/51,931
1931	1,480 \| 20/1,460	51,558 \| 345/51,213
1930	1,685 \| 17/1,668	54,376 \| 419/53,957
1929	1,760 \| 30/1,730	52,530 \| 397/52,133
1928	1,791 \| 32/1,759	53,180 \| 427/52,753
1927	1,927 \| 23/1,904	54,065 \| 390/53,675
1926	2,055 \| 22/2,033	53,555 \| 358/53,197
1925	2,117 \| 25/2,092	53,044 \| 365/52,679

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By Year

Year	Sam (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1924	2,153 \| 30/2,123	53,215 \| 274/52,941
1923	2,228 \| 24/2,204	50,743 \| 280/50,463
1922	2,377 \| 28/2,349	50,042 \| 239/49,803
1921	2,393 \| 26/2,367	49,981 \| 231/49,750
1920	2,306 \| 23/2,283	48,157 \| 249/47,908
1919	2,420 \| 36/2,384	42,584 \| 192/42,392
1918	2,528 \| 23/2,505	42,327 \| 212/42,115
1917	2,469 \| 14/2,455	37,520 \| 182/37,338
1916	2,336 \| 23/2,313	35,734 \| 166/35,568
1915	2,366 \| 27/2,339	33,928 \| 155/33,773

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By Year

Year	Sam (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1914	1,898 \| 18/1,880	26,369 \| 107/26,262
1913	1,550 \| 23/1,527	20,927 \| 95/20,832
1912	1,338 \| 13/1,325	17,725 \| 81/17,644
1911	934 \| 6/928	10,021 \| 69/9,952
1910	901 \| 13/888	9,257 \| 63/9,194
1909	708 \| 8/700	7,647 \| 52/7,595
1908	649 \| 5/644	7,044 \| 32/7,012
1907	639 \| 8/631	6,752 \| 45/6,707
1906	558 \| 6/552	5,945 \| 37/5,908
1905	628 \| 8/620	6,077 \| 35/6,042

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By Year

Year	Sam (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1904	608 \| 5/603	5,882 \| 27/5,855
1903	552 \| 0/552	5,507 \| 28/5,479
1902	566 \| 7/559	5,622 \| 30/5,592
1901	486 \| 7/479	4,765 \| 30/4,735
1900	832 \| 11/821	7,286 \| 41/7,245
1899	469 \| 0/469	4,624 \| 27/4,597
1898	543 \| 0/543	5,350 \| 29/5,321
1897	483 \| 5/478	5,143 \| 30/5,113
1896	518 \| 0/518	5,234 \| 28/5,206
1895	492 \| 5/487	5,369 \| 34/5,335

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By Year

Year	Sam (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1894	515 \| 8/507	5,135 \| 25/5,110
1893	488 \| 7/481	5,053 \| 23/5,030
1892	551 \| 0/551	5,420 \| 22/5,398
1891	418 \| 0/418	4,547 \| 31/4,516
1890	496 \| 7/489	5,130 \| 33/5,097
1889	492 \| 6/486	5,046 \| 26/5,020
1888	612 \| 5/607	5,607 \| 45/5,562
1887	463 \| 0/463	4,787 \| 19/4,768
1886	519 \| 0/519	5,384 \| 29/5,355
1885	492 \| 0/492	5,201 \| 26/5,175

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By Year

Year	Sam (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1884	533 \| 0/533	5,726 \| 33/5,693
1883	476 \| 0/476	5,248 \| 25/5,223
1882	555 \| 0/555	5,910 \| 18/5,892
1881	481 \| 0/481	5,465 \| 24/5,441
1880	457 \| 0/457	5,949 \| 22/5,927