James vs Louis

James is the more popular boy name in Canada, #11 to #30 in 2023. James is the more popular boy name in the United States, #5 to #236 in 2024.

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.

JamesLouis#1#50#100#250Canada#11 → #30 ↓19United States#5 → #236 ↓231Alberta#12 → #153 ↓141British Columbia#18 → #137 ↓119Ontario#11 → #131 ↓120Quebec#16 → #6 ↑10
PlaceYear James Louis Ahead
Canada2023#11#30James
United States2024#5#236James
Alberta2024#12#153James
British Columbia2024#18#137James
Ontario2024#11#131James
Quebec2024#16#6Louis

James and Louis in Canada, 2020–2023

James slipped from #10 in 2020 to #11 in 2023 in Canada. Louis climbed from #46 in 2020 to #30 in 2023 in Canada.

#1#50#11 James#30 Louis2020202120222023

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James and Louis in the United States, 2020–2024

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

#1#250#500#5 James#236 Louis20202021202220232024

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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.