There are 23 James names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are James names 1 to 20. Jacob was the most popular among these names in 2008. The name is primarily used in Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian, and it was followed in popularity by the English James, the English and Dutch Jack, the English and German Austin, the English and French Charles, the English and German Jesse, the English, French, and Irish Oscar, the English and German Dean, the English Jameson, the English and German Gary, the English and Irish Finnegan, and the English name, Draven. The unusual James names are Archibald (English and Scottish), Denver (English), Fingal (Scottish), Hamish (Scottish), Joachim (English, French, German, and Polish), Madison (English), Ossian (English and Irish), and Otis (English). James names are very popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1944, 10.477% of baby boys were given James names. There were 14 James names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. James names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but are nonetheless used on a very heavy scale now. In 2008, 13 James names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 3.485%. Within all James names, the Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian Jacob was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #1 and a usage of 1.0355%.
NAME MATCH: James  17 | Yahweh may protect; ... boy name James is also used as a girl name, but it ... |
DESCRIPTION MATCH: Archibald  | truly brave ... especially when James VI of Scotland became ... |
Austin  55 | august, dignified, holy ... Sloper in the Henry James short novel Washington ... |
Charles  63 | man, free man ... name to her only son, James Charles Stuart ... |
Dean  345 | dean; valley ... actor and cultural icon James Dean (1931-55). ... |
Denver  | valley ferry; Dane ford ... after the politician James W ... |
Draven  670 | hunter; poet; fawn; ... The Crow (1989-) by James O'Barr, which was ... |
| Fingal | fair stranger ... of the warrior hero in James Macpherson's epic poem ... |
Finnegan  647 | descendent of Fionnagán ... by the Irish author James Joyce ... |
Gary  426 | spear; from Garriston; ... Gary Cooper (Frank James Cooper, 1901-1961), ... |
| Hamish | Yahweh may protect; ... the Scottish version of James ... |
Jack  39 | son of Jack; Yahweh ... informal diminutive of James, due to its similarity ... |
Jacob  1 | Yahweh may protect; ... usual English form James shares the same roots and ... |
Jameson  382 | son of James ... of the meaning 'son of James'. ... |
Jesse  110 | God's gift ... of the Wild West, Jesse James (1847-1882). ... |
| Joachim | Yahweh will establish, ... apocryphal Gospel of James ... |
Madison  | son of Maud ... by the 4th US President James Madison (1751-1836), ... |
Oscar  119 | god spear; gentle friend ... popularized by the poet James Macpherson, who ... |
| Ossian | little deer ... by the Scottish poet James Macpherson, who ... |
Otis  | son of Otto ... politician James Otis (1725-1783) who ... |
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