Jacques
French form of Jacob and James, arrived at through the Latin Iacobus; the Hebrew original Ya'aqov is linked to a word for heel and to the sense of supplanting.
Jacques in 2025
Jacques was given to 80 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 4,126th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 41,442 babies born.
The history of Jacques
Jacques reached its highest point in 1990, when 180 babies were given the name, ranking 1,723rd that year. Its best-ever ranking was 1,329th, in 1969.
Across the 138 years of records since 1888, 9,977 babies have been named Jacques. Half of them were born before 1981, which places the name's centre of gravity with Millennials.
Jacques by decade
| Decade | Babies named Jacques | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | 2,038 |
| 1890s | 14 | 2,145 |
| 1900s | 14 | 2,323 |
| 1910s | 204 | 2,241 |
| 1920s | 418 | 1,990 |
| 1930s | 307 | 2,158 |
| 1940s | 413 | 1,875 |
| 1950s | 800 | 1,732 |
| 1960s | 1,241 | 1,329 |
| 1970s | 1,357 | 1,437 |
| 1980s | 1,435 | 1,621 |
| 1990s | 1,534 | 1,723 |
| 2000s | 1,086 | 2,435 |
| 2010s | 769 | 3,757 |
| 2020s | 379 | 4,126 |
Where Jacques is heading
Jacques has fallen 11% over the past decade, from 90 babies in 2015 to 80 in 2025.
Names like Jacques
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Jacques.