Jacque

Where Jacque comes from

Borrowed from French Jacque.
— Wiktionary's entry for Jacque
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1914
    First appearance
    #3,618 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1916
    Jacque Fresco born
    American futurist and self-described social engineer
  3. 1950
    Peak, #539
    236 babies named Jacque — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1957
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,002.
  5. 1975
    Jacque Vaughn born
    American basketball coach and former player
  6. 1992
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given names Jacqueline and Jacquelyn.
Namesakes
  • Jacque Fresco · American futurist and self-described social engineer, 1916–2017
  • Jacque Vaughn · American basketball coach and former player, born 1975
  • Jacque Jones · baseball player, born 1975
  • Jacque Reid · American television and radio personality and journalist, born 1966
  • Jacque Georgia · American writer, actress, model and motivational speaker, born 1978

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.