Jacque

Where Jacque comes from

Borrowed from French Jacque.
— Wiktionary's entry for Jacque
  • Vowel-ended
Jacque through the years
  1. 1914
    First appearance
    #3,618 among girls with 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, the most in any year.
  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 on, more boys have.
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.