Jacques

Last seen for girls in 2001 at #15,352 · #1,932 for boys in 2025, 80 births
Given to boys 97.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1969 · 170 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
9,734
since 1888

Jacques over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Jacques has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201969peak #601, 1969boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,93280
2024#2,37059
2023#2,41656
2022#2,51754
2021#2,25362
2020#2,06968
2019#2,12967
2018#1,90178
2017#2,06567
2016#1,99172
2015#1,71790
2014#2,01770
2013#1,91573
2012#1,95972
2011#1,68788
2010#1,67792
2009#1,73189
2008#1,532105
2007#1,68190
2006#1,492102
2005#1,431103
2004#1,43598
2003#1,282110
2002#1,147124
2001#15,3525#1,089131
2000#1,087129
1999#1,086123
1998#14,1225#913157
1997#12,0706#886156
1996#11,8076#942138
1995#11,7836#896149
1994#950135
1993#10,5887#859151
1992#9,4918#896139
1991#6,25314#833154
1990#5,06018#797162
1989#5,83614#862136
1988#3,48327#780146
1987#4,85716#787137
1986#807125
1985#7,5638#736144
1984#5,53912#759130
1983#820114
1982#9,2376#804121
1981#7,4098#741138
1980#8,1787#725146
1979#6,6969#770126
1978#7,6497#820108
1977#9,6525#819108
1976#6,0489#815105
1975#9,0675#770116
1974#732123
1973#629158
1972#635155
1971#6,0068#665154
1970#6,3627#660154
1969#6,6176#601170
1968#649135
1967#732101
1966#713108
1965#660126
1964#6,0096#741108
1963#661139
1962#4,8658#763100
1961#682126
1960#742108
1959#742106
1958#85578
1957#75898
1956#88072
1955#77289
1954#77285
1953#80579
1952#88363
1951#82473
1950#90457
1949#92356
1948#97251
1947#84267
1946#1,03144
1945#1,05637
1944#1,13534
1943#1,24031
1942#1,21433
1941#1,53220
1940#1,01940
1939#1,23828
1938#1,17131
1937#1,21230
1936#1,46321
1935#1,24729
1934#1,18931
1933#1,12434
1932#1,28628
1931#1,10238
1930#1,15137
1929#1,21433
1928#1,16537
1927#1,09842
1926#1,26433
1925#1,07342
1924#98052
1923#1,04146
1922#1,05844
1921#1,06943
1920#1,02046
1919#1,12238
1918#1,11238
1917#1,47923
1916#1,50522
1915#1,30626
1914#1,34220
1913#1,58012
1912#1,22315
1911#1,11710
1910
1909
1908
1907
1906
1905#1,0916
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900#9688
1899
1898#8857
1897
1896
1895#8727
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888#9176
1887
1886
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1881
1880
First appearance
1888

The first year at least five boys were named Jacques! It came in at #917, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1889–1894, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Jacques
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 438 spots since 2024 (#2,370#1,932)
  • 137 spots since 2020 (#2,069#1,932)
  • 215 spots since 2015 (#1,717#1,932)
  • Biggest jump: 189 spots in 1947 (#1,031#842)
  • Biggest drop: 173 spots in 1999 (#913#1,086)
Rise & fade · boys
81 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1969 at #601 (170 births)
  • Births halved by 2012, 43 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 57 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1947–1998
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,864
  • Highest: 1 in 9,864 boys born in 1973 were named Jacques (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 21,351 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #601 in 1969, was only 1 in 10,519 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 15.0% of all boys named Jacques (1,464) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#917 (1888)#917
1890s14#872 (1895)#879
1900s14#968 (1900)#1,030
1910s204#1,112 (1918)#1,310
1920s418#980 (1924)#1,098
1930s307#1,102 (1931)#1,218
1940s413#842 (1947)#1,096
1950s800#742 (1959)#820
1960s1,221#601 (1969)#694
1970s1,307#629 (1973)#732
1980s1,337#725 (1980)#782
1990s1,464#797 (1990)#906
2000s1,081#1,087 (2000)#1,391
2010s769#1,677 (2010)#1,906
2020s379#1,932 (2025)#2,260

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Jacques in 1969

girls
#6,617
6 births · 1 in 281,169 girls
boys
#601
170 births · 1 in 10,519 boys

Top girls' names in 1969

  1. #1Lisa45,028
  2. #2Michelle34,319
  3. #3Jennifer33,705
  4. #4Kimberly33,077
  5. #5Melissa23,018
  6. #6Amy21,464
  7. #7Angela21,060
  8. #8Mary19,850
  9. #9Tammy19,053
  10. #10Laura17,922
  11. #6,617Jacques6

Top boys' names in 1969

  1. #1Michael85,162
  2. #2David63,672
  3. #3James59,886
  4. #4John58,732
  5. #5Robert58,300
  6. #6William37,607
  7. #7Christopher35,672
  8. #8Mark33,388
  9. #9Brian31,669
  10. #10Richard31,085
  11. #601Jacques170
More about 1969

girls

1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 281,169 of them was named Jacques, which outranked 24.0% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jacques
  1. #5,974Yonna7
  2. #5,974Yvonnie7
  3. #5,974Zuleika7
  4. #6,617Jacques6
  5. #6,617Abagail6
  6. #6,617Acquanetta6
  7. #6,617Adaline6
  8. #7,471Adana5
  9. #7,471Adine5
  10. #7,471Adreana5

Tied with 853 names at #6,617; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. 1,462Shani#2,126#664
  2. 1,203Julissa#2,164#961
  3. 1,133Chelsea#1,834#701
  4. 667Latasha#1,519#852
  5. 549Britt#1,519#970
Fallers
  1. 455Tamiko#552#1,007
  2. 345Alesia#697#1,042
  3. 324Vickey#966#1,290
  4. 308Bettina#746#1,054
  5. 293Cammie#846#1,139

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 10,519 of them was named Jacques, which outranked 88.1% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jacques
  1. #598Ignacio172
  2. #598Ronny172
  3. #600Mack171
  4. #601Jacques170
  5. #601Jamey170
  6. #603Devon169
  7. #603Tad169
  8. #605Randell168

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. 1,735Dedric#2,735#1,000
  2. 780Jameson#1,731#951
  3. 589Torrey#1,393#804
  4. 549Jamison#1,258#709
  5. 534Jemal#1,083#549
Fallers
  1. 449Artis#877#1,326
  2. 410Kennedy#986#1,396
  3. 408Alfie#968#1,376
  4. 360Micky#861#1,221
  5. 356Montgomery#946#1,302

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1969