How rare is the name Jacques?

11,599 people in the United States have the first name Jacques, about 1 in 26,039. It ranks #2,247 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JACQUES

#2,247

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,599
About
1 in 26,039
This common or more
79.1%
Who bears it

Of the 11,599 people named Jacques, 45.2% reported their origin as Black, 43.4% as White and 4.9% as two or more races. 97.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jacques peaked in 1990, when 180 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18882025
Peak year
1990
Births that year
180
In 2025*
80 ▼56%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 9,977 babies have been given the name since 1888. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Jacques by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,614. The largest share of babies named Jacques, 23.7%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1880s#2,9576
1890s#3,18714
1900s#3,95714
1910s#2,621204
1920s#2,169418
1930s#2,421307
1940s#2,281413
1950s#1,889800
1960s#1,6141,241
1970s#1,6331,357
1980s#1,7601,435
1990s#2,0401,534
2000s#3,1541,086
2010s#4,217769
2020s#4,779379
Before 19010.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–275.6%
Silent Generation 1928–455.7%
Baby boom 1946–6416.2%
Generation X 1965–8021.6%
Millennials 1981–9623.7%
Generation Z 1997–1217.9%
2013 and later9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Jacques is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jacques has been most common in Louisiana (7.7×), Florida (2.9×), and New York (2.7×), and least common in Ohio (0.28×).

5,403 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Jacques

#2,245 Deb · 11,607#2,246 Krishna · 11,606#2,248 Zahra · 11,597#2,249 Mei · 11,596

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jacques, most common first.

#9,229 Jaquez · 1,521#10,717 Jacquez · 1,228#23,988 Jaques · 405#33,126 Jacquese · 251#35,980 Jaquis · 222#42,079 Jacquis · 172#43,210 Jacquise · 164#43,791 Jaquese · 160

Also a last name

As a last name, Jacques ranks #2,459 of 156,621, with 14,333 people. See Jacques as a last name

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