Is James too common?

[Anonymous]

My son is a James. He’s in high school now, but we haven’t had any other ones in his classes so far.

[Anonymous]

My vote as a teacher is James! It will stand the test of time.

[Anonymous]

I think James is great and Issac is fine.

Felix makes me think of Felix the Cat and Felix Unger from the Odd Couple (although both of those references are probably obsolete and irrelevant today. A more relevant association might be the Harry Potter potion for good luck, but at least that’s positive.

FWIW, I like the name Tobias/Toby.

[Anonymous]

I have a teen James and have only come across one other one his age all these years.

[Anonymous]

Another James lover here though I don’t have one. However there are four in my 8 year old’s class! And they all go by James. No Jamie, Jimmy, etc.

Great name though.

[Anonymous]

My kids are in 9th and 6th grades, pretty big schools, and I have yet to meet a kid named James.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My advice: don’t worry about how common a classic name like James is, only worry if it’s a trendy common name.

+1. Biblical names may ebb and flow in popularity been they've been around so long and are so classic I don't think it matters. They've stood the test of time, they're not trendy names that become dated quickly.

[Anonymous]

I'm in a new moms group in the DC area and out of maybe 50 babies born in the last year something like 9 are James (/Jamie). It's kind of funny whenever a new one is introduced but I think it's just a freak microtrend - the name is too classic to be "trending" in a way that you would regret later.

[Anonymous]

Agree James is a classic name.

I am not sure what people are trying to accomplish with “Jameson” which seems to be rather popular.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:your fine
https://namecensus.com/first-names/james-meaning-and-history/

I named my DD Charlotte in the 90s...there were none in her school and in fact people asked why I was naming her an old name. My daughter loved seeming unique

Then came the darling Princess.

My grandma was named Charlotte.

It actually was Sex and the City plus a trend to scrape up older names that got the ball rolling in the 2000s.

My cousin named her 2007-ish daughter after my grandma, her great-aunt. But she probably wouldn't have done it if it wasn't already cool.

[Anonymous]

Very common.

[Anonymous]

I only know of one James in my son's friend group and larger circle of sports teams. The name that I see the most is August. I know of 4 in our circle.

If you love the name, use it for your son. It is a classic for a reason. I'm an GenX mom and I had many James (Jim or Jimmy) in my class and in my neighborhood. I'm happy to see the classic names come back into use. In my class the common boy names were Michael, David, Greg, Gary, Eric, John, Christopher, Thomas, Andrew, Patrick, Timothy, Mark, Todd, and Scott.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son is a James. He’s in high school now, but we haven’t had any other ones in his classes so far.

I came to say the same, except my James is in college. Never had another James in the same class in 14 years!

[Anonymous]

I have a James. He's an upper teen, and he's never gone by anything other than James. It's a great name!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I work at an elementary and there are maybe two or three in the whole school. Great classic name. The only reason I would not use it is if your last name is super common like Johnson or Davis.

As someone with a super super common first name last name (middle too tbh) combo, I disagree. I am basically ungoogle-able, it’s my super power.