Jacques

Jacques was the #1,932 boys' name in the US in 2025 (80 babies), and #735 in England & Wales and #1,565 in Canada.

Jacques as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Jacques as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandEngland & WalesScotlandCanadaUS
Jacques as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,932 (80)#735 (47)#762 (3)#395 (3)—#1,565 (14)
2024#2,370 (59)#664 (56)#404 (8)—#582 (5)#2,439 (7)
2023#2,416 (56)#409 (97)#249 (16)——#1,421 (14)
2022#2,517 (54)#600 (62)#392 (8)——#1,483 (13)
2021#2,253 (62)#2,493 (8)———#1,761 (10)
2020#2,069 (68)#1,723 (13)———#1,382 (14)
2019#2,129 (67)#1,745 (13)———#1,375 (14)
2018#1,901 (78)#1,284 (20)——#749 (3)—
2017#2,065 (67)#1,339 (19)———#1,158 (18)
2016#1,991 (72)#1,271 (21)———#1,069 (20)
2015#1,717 (90)#1,442 (17)———#1,458 (12)
2014#2,017 (70)#1,223 (21)———#1,062 (19)
2013#1,915 (73)#2,403 (8)———#1,210 (16)
2012#1,959 (72)#1,313 (19)——#718 (3)#1,334 (14)
2011#1,687 (88)#1,251 (20)———#1,569 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1973 at #629.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1888.

How common is it?

about 1 in 21,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 21,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 5,800uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Jacques is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 23,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 17,000 to 1 in 30,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jacques by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,760NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,582CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #531LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,760TXFlorida: #1,126FL
Jacques (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#6236

Jacques (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JacquesCanadaBoys#1,56514
JacquesEngland & WalesBoys#73547
JacquesIrelandBoys—too few
JacquesNorthern IrelandBoys#3953
JacquesScotlandBoys#7623
JacquesUSGirls—too few
JacquesUSBoys#1,93280