Jacques

Boy name

Jacques has been given to 9,977 babies in the U.S. since 1888. It peaked in 1990.

Meaning & origin /ʒæk/

Origin: French < Latin < Ancient Greek < Biblical Hebrew

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

9,977

Peak year

1990 (180 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1888

10-year trend

▼ -11%

Gender split

2% girls / 98% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Jacques.

10,074 babies since 1974

9,693 babies since 1917

10,282 babies since 1916

10,295 babies since 1882

10,430 babies since 1885

9,493 babies since 1912

9,421 babies since 1968

9,416 babies since 1917

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