How Many People Are Named Jacques?
people named Jacques are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 42,321 people in the US has this name
Based on 9,977 babies named Jacques in Social Security records from 1888 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
180 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
French form of JACOB (or JAMES).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Jacques, 2.9% were girls and 97.1% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jacques alive today is about 39 years old, and 49% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 24 and 54 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jacques first appears in the records in 1888 and was given most often in 1990, to 180 babies. In 2025, 80 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1888 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jacques has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #601, in 1969. In 2025 it ranked #1,938.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,938 |
| Best rank | #601 (1969) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #907 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jacques alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jacques were born in New York than in any other state: about 806 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jacques was given 7.7 times as often in Louisiana, 2.8 times in New York and 2.6 times in Florida.
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