Jacques
Jacques was given to 80 boys in 2025, #1,938 among boys’ names; 9,977 Americans have been recorded with it since 1888 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 8,020 Americans named Jacques and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (80% of everyone recorded); the median is 39 years old and half are between 25 and 55.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jacques by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Jacques mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Jacques is “a male given name from French [in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Biblical Hebrew], feminine equivalent Jacqueline, equivalent to English Jacob.”
/ʒæk/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Jacques?
#1,938 among boys’ names, 2025
Jacques fell from #1,724 in 2015 to #1,938 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 47.0 to 46.8 per million.
180 babies in 1990, the peak
Jacques peaked in 1990, when 180 babies were given it (162 boys, #793 among boys’ names). The 80 births of 2025 are 44% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 80 | #1,938 | 0.05 |
| 2024 | 59 | #2,384 | 0.03 |
| 2023 | 56 | #2,423 | 0.03 |
| 2022 | 54 | #2,532 | 0.03 |
| 2021 | 62 | #2,260 | 0.04 |
| 2020 | 68 | #2,079 | 0.04 |
| 2019 | 67 | #2,140 | 0.04 |
| 2018 | 78 | #1,906 | 0.04 |
| 2017 | 67 | #2,077 | 0.04 |
| 2016 | 72 | #1,998 | 0.04 |
Every recorded year (120)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 90 | #1,724 | 0.05 |
| 2014 | 70 | #2,027 | 0.04 |
| 2013 | 73 | #1,922 | 0.04 |
| 2012 | 72 | #1,969 | 0.04 |
| 2011 | 88 | #1,694 | 0.05 |
| 2010 | 92 | #1,680 | 0.05 |
| 2009 | 89 | #1,736 | 0.04 |
| 2008 | 105 | #1,540 | 0.05 |
| 2007 | 90 | #1,689 | 0.04 |
| 2006 | 102 | #1,495 | 0.05 |
| 2005 | 103 | #1,436 | 0.05 |
| 2004 | 98 | #1,434 | 0.05 |
| 2003 | 110 | #1,286 | 0.06 |
| 2002 | 124 | #1,146 | 0.06 |
| 2001 | 131 | #1,089 | 0.07 |
| 2000 | 129 | #1,091 | 0.07 |
| 1999 | 123 | #1,087 | 0.06 |
| 1998 | 157 | #913 | 0.08 |
| 1997 | 156 | #886 | 0.08 |
| 1996 | 138 | #941 | 0.07 |
| 1995 | 149 | #897 | 0.08 |
| 1994 | 135 | #947 | 0.07 |
| 1993 | 151 | #860 | 0.08 |
| 1992 | 139 | #893 | 0.07 |
| 1991 | 154 | #829 | 0.08 |
| 1990 | 162 | #793 | 0.08 |
| 1989 | 136 | #860 | 0.07 |
| 1988 | 146 | #780 | 0.08 |
| 1987 | 137 | #789 | 0.07 |
| 1986 | 125 | #808 | 0.07 |
| 1985 | 144 | #737 | 0.08 |
| 1984 | 130 | #760 | 0.07 |
| 1983 | 114 | #820 | 0.06 |
| 1982 | 121 | #805 | 0.07 |
| 1981 | 138 | #742 | 0.08 |
| 1980 | 146 | #726 | 0.08 |
| 1979 | 126 | #774 | 0.07 |
| 1978 | 108 | #822 | 0.07 |
| 1977 | 108 | #820 | 0.07 |
| 1976 | 105 | #816 | 0.07 |
| 1975 | 116 | #770 | 0.07 |
| 1974 | 123 | #734 | 0.08 |
| 1973 | 158 | #631 | 0.10 |
| 1972 | 155 | #636 | 0.10 |
| 1971 | 154 | #666 | 0.09 |
| 1970 | 154 | #661 | 0.08 |
| 1969 | 170 | #601 | 0.10 |
| 1968 | 135 | #650 | 0.08 |
| 1967 | 101 | #732 | 0.06 |
| 1966 | 108 | #714 | 0.06 |
| 1965 | 126 | #662 | 0.07 |
| 1964 | 108 | #741 | 0.05 |
| 1963 | 139 | #663 | 0.07 |
| 1962 | 100 | #766 | 0.05 |
| 1961 | 126 | #681 | 0.06 |
| 1960 | 108 | #742 | 0.05 |
| 1959 | 106 | #744 | 0.05 |
| 1958 | 78 | #858 | 0.04 |
| 1957 | 98 | #760 | 0.05 |
| 1956 | 72 | #881 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 89 | #775 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 85 | #776 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 79 | #809 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 63 | #890 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 73 | #823 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 57 | #910 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 56 | #928 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 51 | #979 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 67 | #847 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 44 | #1,036 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 37 | #1,065 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 34 | #1,144 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 31 | #1,248 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 33 | #1,222 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,554 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 40 | #1,026 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 28 | #1,253 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 31 | #1,183 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 30 | #1,219 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 21 | #1,485 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 29 | #1,261 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 31 | #1,201 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 34 | #1,136 | 0.03 |
| 1932 | 28 | #1,307 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 38 | #1,108 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 37 | #1,162 | 0.03 |
| 1929 | 33 | #1,229 | 0.03 |
| 1928 | 37 | #1,177 | 0.03 |
| 1927 | 42 | #1,104 | 0.04 |
| 1926 | 33 | #1,269 | 0.03 |
| 1925 | 42 | #1,082 | 0.04 |
| 1924 | 52 | #981 | 0.05 |
| 1923 | 46 | #1,050 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 44 | #1,065 | 0.04 |
| 1921 | 43 | #1,079 | 0.04 |
| 1920 | 46 | #1,025 | 0.04 |
| 1919 | 38 | #1,134 | 0.04 |
| 1918 | 38 | #1,119 | 0.04 |
| 1917 | 23 | #1,505 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 22 | #1,530 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 26 | #1,323 | 0.03 |
| 1914 | 20 | #1,366 | 0.03 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,629 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 15 | #1,244 | 0.03 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,158 | 0.04 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,167 | 0.05 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,003 | 0.05 |
| 1898 | 7 | #936 | 0.06 |
| 1895 | 7 | #932 | 0.06 |
| 1888 | 6 | #981 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Jacques a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 9,977 Americans recorded as Jacques, 2% are girls and 98% boys. In 2025 it went to 80 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Jacques: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jacques, and how old are they?
8,020 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 80% of the 9,977 Americans ever recorded as Jacques. The median Jacques alive today is 39 years old; half are between 25 and 55.
The 2020 Census counted 11,599 people named Jacques (255 women and girls, 11,344 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 8,006 born in the U.S. The Census count is 45% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 109 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,110 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,910 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,260 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,750 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 889 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Jacques born?
The states with the most babies named Jacques are Florida, California and Texas, with 70% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 11 | #1,152 | 1.5× |
| California | 10 | #1,638 | 0.8× |
| Texas | 9 | #1,815 | 0.5× |
| Louisiana | 8 | #553 | 4.0× |
| New York | 5 | #1,868 | 1.5× |
Where Jacques is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Jacques is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 4.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Jacques with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 10,244 babies since 1880, Jacques is the most given (97% of them). In 2025 it was given to 80 of their 93 babies (86%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Jacques
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Jacques and names like it
- Compare Jacques and JacqueesBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sJacques peaked in 1990.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Jacques since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Jacques: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1990The year the most babies were named Jacques.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Jacques alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with JMost given first.