2 Questions

[hotmaildt.livejournal.com]

How popular would you say the name James is? LIke....how many people do you know named James? Also...do they go by James, or do they have nn's, such as Jim, Jimmy, Jamie? etc.


Also....does anyone have the link for the social security baby names website? That exists right? Where you can type in a name, and see its standing for certain years, etc?


Thanks for your help and opinions!

Comments

[vegassunshine.livejournal.com]

My father and brother are both "James'", but those are the only two James I know. I like the name, though!

[hotmaildt.livejournal.com]

My dad and my brother are both James as well :) Thats why I want to use to so badly. I want to keep it in the family.

[vegassunshine.livejournal.com]

I think you should!!
My dad always went by "Jim."

[hotmaildt.livejournal.com]

my dad goes by Jim too :) Are you sure you aren't a long lost sister of mine or something???

[vegassunshine.livejournal.com]

LOL...umm..Kris, is that you?? Did you change your user name? haha

And my brother was always called "Jamie" when he was little, but all of a sudden he said "I'm JAMES, not Jamie..." and got mad when anyone called him that. LOL

[hotmaildt.livejournal.com]

Weirdness. My brother growing up went by his middle name, and he just decided suddenly to go by James as well. We lead parallel lives *lol*

[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

I'm 20 (just for reference) and I know 4 James' between the ages of 20 and 40ish.

[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

I do really like the name. It's strong but not overly so.

[twoheadedboi.livejournal.com]

I'm 18 and can think of 9 that I know off the top of my head.

[hotmaildt.livejournal.com]

Are they all around your age, or are they small children?

[twoheadedboi.livejournal.com]

Only one is a small child, but that being said, I don't know many small children.

[cocinadelfeto.livejournal.com]

I can think of at least 10 people named James, and they are of all ages. I'd say it's a VERY popular name still, and I don't see that changing.

[thunderofsins.livejournal.com]

My brother is James, and here and there he'd have another James in his class, but he went by Jimmy until middle school. I really don't know any babies named James...I'm sure there are some, I just don't know them!

[babyhoyt.livejournal.com]

My husband has had a few kids named James, called James, on his basketball team in the last few years. It wasn't weird at all!

My brother is James, but he goes by Eric :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_x_blackroses_x/]

I have an uncle with the name James, and there were two people in my class I can think of right off the bat with the name. I'd say it's very common, as I hear it all the time in various places. Good classic name though.

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

James was/is a family name on my dad's side. His grandfather, uncle, and cousin all carried the name. As far as I know, his grandfather went by James, while his uncle goes by Jimmy and his cousin goes by Jay. My priest is also James, called Jim.

Also, I looked through my yearbook, and I found four Jameses in the senior class ('87/'88), two in the junior class ('88/'89; one, I know, goes by Jimmy), two in the sophomore class ('89/'90), and four in the freshman class ('90/'91); amongst the students, there was also a Jay, a Jim, and a Jamie (I'm not sure if that's their real name or not), as well as another Jay and Jim in the faculty.

The Social Security's website is here (http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/), BTW.

[hotmaildt.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for all that info. AND for the link! I heard a curious name the other day, and I wanted to see if it was listed anywhere.

[annieareyouokay.livejournal.com]

I've known quite a few James'. One went by Jimmy, another by Jim, but most went by James. My little brother is James, and he goes by Shorty (when he was born, he was premature and really small, so the nurses called him that), and we're transitioning to James.. It's hard after 13 years though!

[maude.livejournal.com]

I only know one James, and it's actually just his middle name. (He's 17.)

[straight-outta.livejournal.com]

i, honestly, would not worry about how popular james is

james, without using a nickname for it, is a timeless name no matter how many people use it.

[hotmaildt.livejournal.com]

Thanks for that advice....I always worry that a name I like will be too popular, but you are right..James is a great name no matter how popular it gets.

[tokossel.livejournal.com]

i know a james who is my age (21). my cousin has 2-year old twin boys and one of them is called james (the other one is thomas!) :)

[tinylittlestars.livejournal.com]

A close friend of mine is James, and he goes by either James or Jimmy. He's 21.

Oh, and a friend had a baby on August 2nd and called him James Paul.

[p-inkjeans.livejournal.com]

i know one james who goes by james and two who go by jim.

[p-inkjeans.livejournal.com]

oh and one is 38ish and the other two are my age (19)

[sayga.livejournal.com]

i have an uncle Jim, age 55 or 60 and a friend Jim, 50. Both are actually James, but go by Jim of course (as opposed to Jim being their full name). they are the only James I know, that I can think of. no little kids named James.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i know a lot of men named james - three in my family alone, two little girls with that as their middle name after their fathers, and i work with a james. all the men i know go by jim.

i adore the nickname jamie, but dont know anyone named james who uses jamie as their nickname.

i think its a common name, but its a classic, not uber trendy one, so its okay, imo.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I have never met anyone named James.
The closest is my boyfriend's cousin Jamie...but she's a girl.

[super-bitch06.livejournal.com]

I only know one James off the top of my head. I've always loved the name, but the kid I know totally ruined the name for me forever :(

[cathkitten.livejournal.com]

I know several Jameses. My husband, his uncle, and my friend at school. My husband goes by James, his uncle is Jim, and my friend goes by his last name. Occasionally my husband's mom calls him Jameson or Seamus (Gaelic form of James). I call him Jamers. :)

If you are worried about James being too popular, you should check out this site: http://www.babynamewizard.com/namevoyager. I think James is actually decreasing in popularity as the number of Braeydans and such is on the rise.

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

I think I know 3 people named James. They all go by James, no nn's

[scottish-diva.livejournal.com]

I know 10 people with the name; all sons named after their fathers.. all of them go by James.

[amy-christina.livejournal.com]

My dad and brother are both James, also... my dad goes by 'Jim' and brother goes by 'Jimmy'. The relatives always call them "big Jim" or "little Jim", lol. I always considered using James as a middle name for a son, but I changed my list to not use that name.