James or Louis

James is the more popular boy name in Canada, #8 to #31 in 2024. James is the more popular boy name in England and Wales, #42 to #49 in 2025. James is the more popular boy name in the USA, #5 to #236 in 2024.

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Place by place

Each place ranks its own registered births, so the two names are compared inside one list at a time, in that place's most recent complete year.

Where each place ranks James against Louis, in that place's most recent complete year.JamesLouis#1#50#100#250Canada#8 → #31 ↓23England and Wales#42 → #49 ↓7USA#5 → #236 ↓231Alberta#12 → #153 ↓141British Columbia#18 → #137 ↓119Ontario#11 → #131 ↓120Quebec#16 → #6 ↑10
PlaceYear James Louis Ahead
Canada2024#8#31James
England and Wales2025#42#49James
USA2024#5#236James
Alberta2024#12#153James
British Columbia2024#18#137James
Ontario2024#11#131James
Quebec2024#16#6Louis

James and Louis in Canada, 2020–2024

James climbed from #10 in 2020 to #8 in 2024 in Canada. Louis climbed from #46 in 2020 to #31 in 2024 in Canada.

James and Louis ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#8 James#31 Louis20202021202220232024

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James and Louis in England and Wales, 2020–2025

James slipped from #24 in 2020 to #42 in 2025 in England and Wales. Louis climbed from #52 in 2020 to #49 in 2025 in England and Wales.

James and Louis ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#100#42 James#49 Louis202020212022202320242025

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James and Louis in the USA, 2020–2024

James climbed from #6 in 2020 to #5 in 2024 in the USA. Louis climbed from #260 in 2020 to #236 in 2024 in the USA.

James and Louis ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#250#500#5 James#236 Louis20202021202220232024

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Other comparisons

More head-to-heads with James
Adam or JamesArthur or JamesAsher or JamesBenjamin or JamesCharles or JamesDaniel or JamesEdouard or JamesElijah or JamesEmile or JamesEthan or JamesEzra or JamesHenry or JamesHudson or JamesJack or JamesJacob or JamesJames or JulesJames or LaurentJames or LeoJames or LeviJames or LiamJames or LoganJames or LucaJames or LucasJames or MateoJames or MichaelJames or MilesJames or MuhammadJames or NathanJames or NoahJames or OliverJames or OwenJames or RaphaelJames or SamuelJames or SebastianJames or TheoJames or TheodoreJames or ThomasJames or WilliamJames or WyattJames or Zorawar
More head-to-heads with Louis
Adam or LouisArthur or LouisCharles or LouisEdouard or LouisEmile or LouisJacob or LouisJules or LouisLaurent or LouisLeo or LouisLiam or LouisLouis or LucasLouis or NathanLouis or NoahLouis or RaphaelLouis or TheoLouis or TheodoreLouis or ThomasLouis or William

How this comparison is built

Both names are ranked by how many babies were registered with that exact spelling, so every position here counts real births rather than votes or searches. Rank is the only measure every source publishes, so it is what the charts plot; birth counts are not released for every place.

A place appears only in the years it published a complete list, which is why a name can be missing from a year it was almost certainly given to some babies. See every head-to-head on the site, or the ranked lists these names come from.