# Jacques (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jacques/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ʒæk/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | Jackie, Jaq |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 9,977 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 9,734 / 243 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,029, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 6 | 9,651 |
| 1984 | 12 | 5,656 |
| 1985 | 8 | 7,833 |
| 1987 | 16 | 4,930 |
| 1988 | 27 | 3,513 |
| 1989 | 14 | 5,943 |
| 1990 | 18 | 5,141 |
| 1991 | 14 | 6,367 |
| 1992 | 8 | 9,824 |
| 1993 | 7 | 11,018 |
| 1995 | 6 | 12,356 |
| 1996 | 6 | 12,427 |
| 1997 | 6 | 12,680 |
| 1998 | 5 | 15,052 |
| 2001 | 5 | 16,321 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 88 | 1,694 |
| 2012 | 72 | 1,970 |
| 2013 | 73 | 1,923 |
| 2014 | 70 | 2,028 |
| 2015 | 90 | 1,724 |
| 2016 | 72 | 1,998 |
| 2017 | 67 | 2,077 |
| 2018 | 78 | 1,907 |
| 2019 | 67 | 2,141 |
| 2020 | 68 | 2,079 |
| 2021 | 62 | 2,261 |
| 2022 | 54 | 2,533 |
| 2023 | 56 | 2,424 |
| 2024 | 59 | 2,384 |
| 2025 | 80 | 1,938 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 20 | 1,251 |
| 2012 | 19 | 1,313 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 21 | 1,223 |
| 2015 | 17 | 1,442 |
| 2016 | 21 | 1,271 |
| 2017 | 19 | 1,339 |
| 2018 | 20 | 1,284 |
| 2019 | 13 | 1,745 |
| 2020 | 13 | 1,723 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2022 | 62 | 600 |
| 2023 | 97 | 409 |
| 2024 | 56 | 664 |
| 2025 | 47 | 735 |

## People named Jacques

- Jacques Cartier, Breton maritime explorer of North America (1491–1557)
- Jacques Offenbach, German-born French composer (1819–1880)
- Jacques Derrida, French philosopher (1930–2004)
- Jacques Lacan, French psychoanalyst and writer (1901–1981)
- Jacques Brel, Belgian singer (1929–1978)
- Jacques Prévert, French poet and screenwriter (1900-1977)
- Jacques Monod, French biologist and biochemist, Nobel laureate (1910-1976)
- Jacques Delors, French economist and politician (1925–2023)
- Jacques Villeneuve, Canadian racecar driver (born 1971)
- Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, French economist and statesman (1727–1781)
- Jacques Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and theologian (1627-1704)
- Jacques Tati, French filmmaker (1907-1982)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.