Jacques Boy
How popular is Jacques?
#1,932 boy name in 2025
80 baby boys were named Jacques in the US in 2025, making it the 1932nd most popular boy name.
Jacques popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,932 for boys (▲ 438 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 80 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-11% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,717 in 2015, #2,069 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1969 (170 boys) |
| Highest rank | #601 in 1969 |
| First recorded | 1888 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jacques counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jacques family of names ranked #1,382 for boys in 2025 (#1,551 the year before), with 107 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jacques is most popular
Babies named Jacques per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Louisiana: 0.4 per 1,000 (39 boys)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (40 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (27 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (28 boys)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Jacques by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #917 |
| 1890s | 14 | #871 |
| 1900s | 14 | #967 |
| 1910s | 204 | #1,112 |
| 1920s | 418 | #980 |
| 1930s | 307 | #1,102 |
| 1940s | 413 | #841 |
| 1950s | 800 | #741 |
| 1960s | 1,221 | #601 |
| 1970s | 1,307 | #629 |
| 1980s | 1,337 | #725 |
| 1990s | 1,464 | #793 |
| 2000s | 1,081 | #1,085 |
| 2010s | 769 | #1,677 |
| 2020s | 379 | #1,932 |
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Questions
- Is Jacques a boy or girl name?
- Jacques is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jacques were boys.
- How popular is the name Jacques?
- 80 baby boys were named Jacques in the US in 2025, making it the 1932nd most popular boy name.
- When was Jacques most popular?
- Jacques peaked in 1969, when 170 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #601 in 1969.
- How many people are named Jacques?
- 9,977 babies have been named Jacques in the US since 1880. We estimate about 8,140 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 39.
- Where is Jacques most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jacques was most common in Louisiana, at 0.4 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.