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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #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 1990

girls
#5,060
18 births · 1 in 105,475 girls
boys
#797
162 births · 1 in 12,679 boys

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #5,060Jacques18

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #797Jacques162
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 105,475 of them was named Jacques, which outranked 66.8% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jacques
  1. #4,868Xandria19
  2. #4,868Yanina19
  3. #4,868Yehudis19
  4. #5,060Jacques18
  5. #5,060Agustina18
  6. #5,060Aliah18
  7. #5,060Alissia18
  8. #5,286Abrielle17
  9. #5,286Adena17
  10. #5,286Adrea17

Tied with 225 names at #5,060; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. 5,592Alannah#6,531#939
  2. 1,178Symone#1,998#820
  3. 869Shelbi#1,750#881
  4. 831Latifah#1,532#701
  5. 828Skyler#1,564#736
Fallers
  1. 2,554Elizabet#524#3,078
  2. 1,572Katherin#717#2,289
  3. 652Stephani#390#1,042
  4. 504Ashanti#893#1,397
  5. 416Audrianna#759#1,175

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

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 12,679 of them was named Jacques, which outranked 91.6% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jacques
  1. #793Benito164
  2. #793Brody164
  3. #793Sherman164
  4. #797Jacques162
  5. #797Ulises162
  6. #799Asa161
  7. #799Codey161
  8. #799Stevie161

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

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. 3,636Tevin#4,017#381
  2. 3,283Keenen#4,271#988
  3. 1,325Male#2,027#702
  4. 1,032Denzel#1,476#444
  5. 598Kevon#1,476#878
Fallers
  1. 1,130Kiara#956#2,086
  2. 916Rachel#993#1,909
  3. 855Nicole#985#1,840
  4. 746Tiffany#956#1,702
  5. 681Sarah#819#1,500

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

See the top 100 for 1990