James or Michael

James is the more popular boy name in Canada, #8 to #53 in 2024. James is the more popular boy name in England and Wales, #42 to #85 in 2025. James is the more popular boy name in the USA, #5 to #18 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 Michael, in that place's most recent complete year.JamesMichael#1#50#100#250Canada#8 → #53 ↓45England and Wales#42 → #85 ↓43USA#5 → #18 ↓13Alberta#12 → #65 ↓53British Columbia#18 → #70 ↓52Ontario#11 → #51 ↓40Quebec#16 → #116 ↓100
PlaceYear James Michael Ahead
Canada2024#8#53James
England and Wales2025#42#85James
USA2024#5#18James
Alberta2024#12#65James
British Columbia2024#18#70James
Ontario2024#11#51James
Quebec2024#16#116James

James and Michael in Canada, 2020–2024

James climbed from #10 in 2020 to #8 in 2024 in Canada. Michael slipped from #40 in 2020 to #53 in 2024 in Canada.

James and Michael ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#100#8 James#53 Michael20202021202220232024

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James and Michael in England and Wales, 2020–2025

James slipped from #24 in 2020 to #42 in 2025 in England and Wales. Michael slipped from #74 in 2020 to #85 in 2025 in England and Wales.

James and Michael ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#100#42 James#85 Michael202020212022202320242025

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James and Michael in the USA, 2020–2024

James climbed from #6 in 2020 to #5 in 2024 in the USA. Michael slipped from #12 in 2020 to #18 in 2024 in the USA.

James and Michael ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#20#5 James#18 Michael20202021202220232024

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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 LouisJames or LucaJames or LucasJames or MateoJames 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 Michael
Asher or MichaelBenjamin or MichaelDaniel or MichaelElijah or MichaelEthan or MichaelEzra or MichaelHenry or MichaelJack or MichaelLevi or MichaelLiam or MichaelLucas or MichaelMateo or MichaelMichael or NoahMichael or OliverMichael or SamuelMichael or SebastianMichael or TheodoreMichael 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.