Jaques — boys' name

What the Data Says About Jaques

The Social Security Administration has registered 301 babies named Jaques between 1977 and 2014, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jaques currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaques performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 126 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jaques shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jaques in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jaques 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 301 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.