James is a boy's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 11,793 boys in the United States.
James belongs to the Biblical & Christian and English & American tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, James first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1 in 1940, and in 2024 11,793 babies received the name — 5,238,570 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of James is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Hebrew and Biblical origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
James is a boy name. In 2024, 11,793 babies received the name in the US.
James comes from the Biblical & Christian, English & American and French tradition.
James first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #1 in 1940, and 11,793 babies were given the name in 2024.
James is pronounced /d͡ʒeɪmz/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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