The name James James was the 4th most common given name among people in the file born in 1923 — 41,785 carried it. Across all birth years, 1,800,070 people in the file carry the name; the largest birth cohort of Jamess was 1921.
born 1860: 6 born 1861: 5 born 1862: 9 born 1863: 12 born 1864: 23 born 1865: 34 born 1866: 43 born 1867: 88 born 1868: 156 born 1869: 236 born 1870: 330 born 1871: 477 born 1872: 800 born 1873: 972 born 1874: 1,296 born 1875: 1,738 born 1876: 2,246 born 1877: 2,671 born 1878: 3,201 born 1879: 3,897 born 1880: 4,946 born 1881: 5,833 born 1882: 6,944 born 1883: 7,151 born 1884: 8,621 born 1885: 9,133 born 1886: 9,830 born 1887: 9,908 born 1888: 12,152 born 1889: 12,443 born 1890: 12,752 born 1891: 13,804 born 1892: 15,739 born 1893: 15,883 born 1894: 16,454 born 1895: 17,527 born 1896: 17,734 born 1897: 17,652 born 1898: 18,648 born 1899: 18,258 born 1900: 21,591 born 1901: 19,856 born 1902: 22,203 born 1903: 22,843 born 1904: 23,431 born 1905: 25,328 born 1906: 25,652 born 1907: 27,532 born 1908: 28,238 born 1909: 29,068 born 1910: 30,633 born 1911: 31,445 born 1912: 33,058 born 1913: 34,337 born 1914: 36,116 born 1915: 36,434 born 1916: 36,756 born 1917: 37,504 born 1918: 39,869 born 1919: 39,733 born 1920: 43,606 born 1921: 44,459 born 1922: 42,428 born 1923: 41,785 born 1924: 42,079 born 1925: 40,349 born 1926: 38,517 born 1927: 37,613 born 1928: 34,791 born 1929: 32,329 born 1930: 31,573 born 1931: 28,240 born 1932: 26,943 born 1933: 24,677 born 1934: 24,587 born 1935: 23,291 born 1936: 21,192 born 1937: 20,126 born 1938: 19,720 born 1939: 18,468 born 1940: 18,094 born 1941: 17,756 born 1942: 18,765 born 1943: 18,090 born 1944: 16,025 born 1945: 14,499 born 1946: 15,370 born 1947: 15,513 born 1948: 13,625 born 1949: 12,114 born 1950: 11,348 born 1951: 10,828 born 1952: 10,101 born 1953: 9,279 born 1954: 8,628 born 1955: 7,732 born 1956: 7,478 born 1957: 6,906 born 1958: 5,909 born 1959: 5,555 born 1960: 5,022 born 1961: 4,510 born 1962: 4,064 born 1963: 3,426 born 1964: 3,184 born 1965: 2,714 born 1966: 2,292 born 1967: 2,021 born 1968: 1,783 born 1969: 1,716 born 1970: 1,709 born 1971: 1,365 born 1972: 1,270 born 1973: 1,070 born 1974: 1,011 born 1975: 943 born 1976: 856 born 1977: 879 born 1978: 877 born 1979: 846 born 1980: 788 born 1981: 737 born 1982: 689 born 1983: 524 born 1984: 527 born 1985: 497 born 1986: 417 born 1987: 356 born 1988: 303 born 1989: 253 born 1990: 223 born 1991: 178 born 1992: 144 born 1993: 111 born 1994: 109 born 1995: 89 1860 1995 1923
Living to 62 James died at 62. Of the 1,888,716 deaths in the file recorded in 1985, James was younger than most — the median age was 75; the oldest person among them reached 120.
Died the same month 141,749 other deaths in the file were recorded in September 1985 without a recorded day, among them Judy Apisdorf , Millard Ellis and James Taylor .