Jacques
Jacques was the 1938th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 80 babies. Its best year was 1969, when it ranked 601st with 170 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 214 places. More babies were named Jacques in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,938 boys, up 141 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 80boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1969170 babies
- Total since 1880
- 9,977babies recorded
Jacques popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 243 since 1962.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,938 | 80 |
| 2020 | #2,079 | 68 |
| 2010 | #1,680 | 92 |
| 2000 | #1,093 | 129 |
| 1990 | #797 | 162 |
| 1980 | #726 | 146 |
| 1970 | #661 | 154 |
| 1960 | #743 | 108 |
| 1950 | #911 | 57 |
| 1940 | #1,026 | 40 |
| 1930 | #1,162 | 37 |
| 1920 | #1,025 | 46 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | #1,004 | 8 |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Jacques, counting every spelling?
Jacques is the most common spelling of a name family that had 93 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 93 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques | 80 | #1,938 | 311 |
| Jacquees | 13 | #6,604 | 39 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Jacques?
80 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Jacques (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Jacques born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 105 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Jacques.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Jacques?
About 7,800 people born in the US named Jacques are alive today, with a median age of 39; half are between 24 and 55. That makes Jacques mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Jacques by state
How common Jacques was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Louisiana (10.6×), Florida (2.4×). In 46 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Jacques: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Jacques, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Jacques
How popular is the name Jacques?
Jacques was the 1938th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 80 babies. Its best year was 1969, when it ranked 601st with 170 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 214 places. More babies were named Jacques in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Jacques a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Jacques in the US.
Where is Jacques most popular?
In 2021–2025, Jacques was most common in Louisiana (0.38 per 1,000 boys), followed by Florida and California.