Jacque — unisex name
4,888 babies named Jacque in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1950. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Jacque was born in this single decade.
236 babies were named Jacque in 1950 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jacque
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,888 babies named Jacque between 1914 and 2004, spanning 91 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jacque currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1950, when 236 babies received it in a single year. Jacque is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 2,415 additional births since 1912.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jacque performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 1,421 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Jacque shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 418 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Jacque in 28 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jacque in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,888 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Jacque at a glance
Last recorded 2004Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jacque popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1914
- Peak year (1950)
- 236
- Annual births at peak — across 91 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2004.
4,888 total births across 91 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1950 with 236 births in a single year.
Jacque popularity over time — boys
2,415 total births recorded since 1912 (Jacque as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Jacque accounts for 33% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jacque by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 1,421 births that decade — 29% of Jacque's all-time total
Jacque decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,421 births
- Runner-up 1,099 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Jacque's strongest decade
1,421 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Jacque by state
Where Jacque concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 418 | 8.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 304 | 6.2% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 213 | 4.4% |
| #4 | Iowa | | 139 | 2.8% |
| #5 | Kansas | | 137 | 2.8% |
| #6 | Oklahoma | | 125 | 2.6% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 97 | 2.0% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 95 | 1.9% |
418 of 4,888 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 28 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.6% of nationwide
- Texas 6.2% of nationwide
- Arizona 4.4% of nationwide
- Iowa 2.8% of nationwide
- Kansas 2.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 28 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jacque appears in 28 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1914–2004 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.