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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201985peak #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
1885
1884
1883
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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 1985

girls
#7,563
8 births · 1 in 215,104 girls
boys
#736
144 births · 1 in 12,835 boys

Top girls' names in 1985

  1. #1Jessica48,345
  2. #2Ashley47,010
  3. #3Jennifer42,661
  4. #4Amanda39,055
  5. #5Sarah24,879
  6. #6Stephanie23,243
  7. #7Nicole22,966
  8. #8Heather21,151
  9. #9Elizabeth20,545
  10. #10Megan20,013
  11. #7,563Jacques8

Top boys' names in 1985

  1. #1Michael64,934
  2. #2Christopher59,609
  3. #3Matthew47,075
  4. #4Joshua42,194
  5. #5Daniel38,559
  6. #6David38,522
  7. #7James35,862
  8. #8Robert32,094
  9. #9John31,502
  10. #10Joseph30,222
  11. #736Jacques144
More about 1985

girls

1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 215,104 of them was named Jacques, which outranked 39.5% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jacques
  1. #6,955Zola9
  2. #6,955Zong9
  3. #6,955Zonia9
  4. #7,563Jacques8
  5. #7,563Abbra8
  6. #7,563Abigal8
  7. #7,563Abraham8
  8. #8,318Aaren7
  9. #8,318Abrianna7
  10. #8,318Adah7

Tied with 754 names at #7,563; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. 7,360Kayleigh#8,153#793
  2. 1,675Madison#2,299#624
  3. 1,167Cierra#1,633#466
  4. 1,002Ciera#1,703#701
  5. 787Krystina#1,332#545
Fallers
  1. 1,164Grisel#784#1,948
  2. 893Ciji#963#1,856
  3. 419Falon#914#1,333
  4. 364Alesia#969#1,333
  5. 362Echo#845#1,207

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

boys

1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 12,835 of them was named Jacques, which outranked 90.3% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jacques
  1. #733Jed145
  2. #733Jerald145
  3. #733Timmy145
  4. #736Jacques144
  5. #736Alphonso144
  6. #736Mohammed144
  7. #736Paris144
  8. #740Adolfo143
  9. #740Amanda143
  10. #740Bennie143

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

Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. 2,425Jaymes#3,270#845
  2. 977Trace#1,933#956
  3. 933Durrell#1,656#723
  4. 793Durell#1,399#606
  5. 562Brandyn#1,444#882
Fallers
  1. 420Anwar#951#1,371
  2. 345Zebulon#976#1,321
  3. 303Tavares#925#1,228
  4. 250Alonso#931#1,181
  5. 228Abdul#1,000#1,228

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

See the top 100 for 1985