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
- Peak · boys
- 1969 · 170 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,734since 1888
Jacques over time
Rank among boys' names. Jacques has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,932 | 80 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,370 | 59 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,416 | 56 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,517 | 54 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,253 | 62 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,069 | 68 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,129 | 67 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,901 | 78 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,065 | 67 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,991 | 72 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,717 | 90 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,017 | 70 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,915 | 73 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,959 | 72 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,687 | 88 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,677 | 92 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,731 | 89 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,532 | 105 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,681 | 90 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,492 | 102 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,431 | 103 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,435 | 98 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,282 | 110 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,147 | 124 | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #1,089 | 131 |
| 2000 | — | #1,087 | 129 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,086 | 123 | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #913 | 157 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #886 | 156 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #942 | 138 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #896 | 149 |
| 1994 | — | #950 | 135 | |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #859 | 151 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #896 | 139 |
| 1991 | #6,253 | 14 | #833 | 154 |
| 1990 | #5,060 | 18 | #797 | 162 |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 | #862 | 136 |
| 1988 | #3,483 | 27 | #780 | 146 |
| 1987 | #4,857 | 16 | #787 | 137 |
| 1986 | — | #807 | 125 | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #736 | 144 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | #759 | 130 |
| 1983 | — | #820 | 114 | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #804 | 121 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | #741 | 138 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #725 | 146 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | #770 | 126 |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | #820 | 108 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #819 | 108 |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | #815 | 105 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #770 | 116 |
| 1974 | — | #732 | 123 | |
| 1973 | — | #629 | 158 | |
| 1972 | — | #635 | 155 | |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | #665 | 154 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | #660 | 154 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #601 | 170 |
| 1968 | — | #649 | 135 | |
| 1967 | — | #732 | 101 | |
| 1966 | — | #713 | 108 | |
| 1965 | — | #660 | 126 | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #741 | 108 |
| 1963 | — | #661 | 139 | |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | #763 | 100 |
| 1961 | — | #682 | 126 | |
| 1960 | — | #742 | 108 | |
| 1959 | — | #742 | 106 | |
| 1958 | — | #855 | 78 | |
| 1957 | — | #758 | 98 | |
| 1956 | — | #880 | 72 | |
| 1955 | — | #772 | 89 | |
| 1954 | — | #772 | 85 | |
| 1953 | — | #805 | 79 | |
| 1952 | — | #883 | 63 | |
| 1951 | — | #824 | 73 | |
| 1950 | — | #904 | 57 | |
| 1949 | — | #923 | 56 | |
| 1948 | — | #972 | 51 | |
| 1947 | — | #842 | 67 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,031 | 44 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,056 | 37 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,135 | 34 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,240 | 31 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,214 | 33 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,532 | 20 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,019 | 40 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,238 | 28 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,171 | 31 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,212 | 30 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,463 | 21 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,247 | 29 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,189 | 31 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,124 | 34 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,286 | 28 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,102 | 38 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,151 | 37 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,214 | 33 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,165 | 37 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,098 | 42 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,264 | 33 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,073 | 42 | |
| 1924 | — | #980 | 52 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,041 | 46 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,058 | 44 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,069 | 43 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,020 | 46 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,122 | 38 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,112 | 38 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,479 | 23 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,505 | 22 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,306 | 26 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,342 | 20 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,580 | 12 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,223 | 15 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,117 | 10 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #968 | 8 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #872 | 7 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
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| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
Where Jacques is popular in 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#388 · 1 in 4,231
- Louisiana#401 · 1 in 3,158
- Massachusetts#463 · 1 in 8,294
- New Jersey#526 · 1 in 7,350
- Illinois#538 · 1 in 6,419
Best ever in a state: #122 in Rhode Island, 1951.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #388 | 8 | 1 in 4,231 |
| Louisiana | #401 | 10 | 1 in 3,158 |
| Massachusetts | #463 | 5 | 1 in 8,294 |
| New Jersey | #526 | 7 | 1 in 7,350 |
| Illinois | #538 | 13 | 1 in 6,419 |
| Florida | #563 | 13 | 1 in 6,497 |
| North Carolina | #566 | 6 | 1 in 7,252 |
| Georgia | #574 | 7 | 1 in 6,671 |
| Michigan | #712 | 5 | 1 in 12,933 |
| New York | #819 | 10 | 1 in 12,969 |
| Texas | #860 | 11 | 1 in 13,101 |
| California | #1,415 | 8 | 1 in 31,530 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Jacques
- 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)
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1969 at #601 (170 births)
- Births halved by 2012, 43 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1947–1998
- 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
- 15.0% of all boys named Jacques (1,464) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #917 (1888) | #917 |
| 1890s | 14 | #872 (1895) | #879 |
| 1900s | 14 | #968 (1900) | #1,030 |
| 1910s | 204 | #1,112 (1918) | #1,310 |
| 1920s | 418 | #980 (1924) | #1,098 |
| 1930s | 307 | #1,102 (1931) | #1,218 |
| 1940s | 413 | #842 (1947) | #1,096 |
| 1950s | 800 | #742 (1959) | #820 |
| 1960s | 1,221 | #601 (1969) | #694 |
| 1970s | 1,307 | #629 (1973) | #732 |
| 1980s | 1,337 | #725 (1980) | #782 |
| 1990s | 1,464 | #797 (1990) | #906 |
| 2000s | 1,081 | #1,087 (2000) | #1,391 |
| 2010s | 769 | #1,677 (2010) | #1,906 |
| 2020s | 379 | #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 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 65,958 of them was named Jacques, which outranked 74.9% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,393Zakia28
- #3,393Zipporah28
- #3,393Zuleika28
- #3,483Jacques27
- #3,483Agatha27
- #3,483Aline27
- #3,483Alvina27
- #3,585Alejandrina26
- #3,585Alejandro26
- #3,585Aleksandra26
Tied with 101 names at #3,483; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 13,112 of them was named Jacques, which outranked 90.8% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).