Jacques
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Jacques
Regal and ancient feeling, Jacques has been declining in popularity in its native France, but in the UK, it saw a surprising revival in 2022. Jumping from somewhere around the #2500 mark straight to #600, it was seven times more popular than in 2021.
Derived from the Latin name, Iacobus (or Jacobus), Jacques is the French form of Jacob and James. With a slightly sharper sound than the on-trend Jack and with a bit more flair, it still sounds fresh in the UK.
Jacques is the name of a number of saints and it is also associated with philosophy. Three well-known thinkers, Rousseau, Lacan, and Derrida, all share it as a given name. A Disney name via Lilo and Stitch and Finding Nemo, it also has literary ties to Shakespeare's As You Like it and James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room.
Recent interest in the name might have been sparked by Rugby Union Coach Jacques Nienabar, by film writer and director Jacques Audiard, or perhaps by the character of Jacques Snicket, who featured in the Netflix adaptation of A Series of Unfortunate Events.
Alternatively, it might just be parents looking for an alternative to Jack, and landing on the French form, to fit in with other trending choices, such as Remy, Louis/Louie, Hugo, Margot, and Sylvie.
Jacques is also given to girls.
Pronounced ZHAHK.
As of October 2026, Jacques ranked #1938 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #601 in 1969.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,028 | 70 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #1,724 | 90 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #1,998 | 72 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #2,077 | 67 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #1,906 | 78 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #2,140 | 67 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #2,077 | 68 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #2,260 | 62 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #2,572 | 53 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #2,422 | 56 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #2,375 | 59 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #1,938 | 80 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Jacques for boys
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Jacques on lists
Famous Jacquess
- Jacques René ChiracBoy
22nd President of France
- Jacques CartierBoy
French explorer of Quebec
- JacquesBoy
Yves Cousteau, French oceanographer
- JeanBoy
Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher
- (Joseph) Jacques Omer PlanteBoy
Canadian ice hockey player
- Jackie Élie "Jacques" DerridaBoy
French philosopher
- Jacques Romain Georges BrelBoy
Belgian singer,songwriter
- Jacques Jean Jaroslaw MarieBoy
Prince of France, Duke of Orléans, son of French pretender Prince Henri
- Jacques MayolBoy
Chinese,born French free diver
- Jacques Marie Émile LacanBoy
French psychiatrist
- Jacques LoebBoy
German,American physiologist and biologist
- Jacques Berman Webster IIBoy
birth name of American rapper Travis Scott
- Jacques Dimitri ReevesBoy
American NFL football player
- Jacques Rashaud McClendonBoy
American NFL football player
- Jacques E. CesaireBoy
American NFL football player
- (Jacques) Dominique WilkinsBoy
American basketball player
- Jacques Lucien MonodBoy
French biologist and Nobel Prize winner
- Jacques Henry KallisBoy
South African cricketer
- Jacques ToubonBoy
French politician
- Jacques Honoré Rainier Grimaldi (b. 2014)Boy
Hereditary Prince of Monaco, Marquis of Baux; son of Prince Albert II
- Brian JacquesBoy
author of the "Redwall" series
Jacques in pop culture
- Jacques SnicketBoy
character in "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events"
- JacquesBoy
jester in video game "Spyro the Dragon"
- JacquesBoy
character in The Fleurville Trilogy by Countess De Segur
- Jacques the Cleaner ShrimpBoy
character in Disney's "Finding Nemo"
- Dr. Jacques Von HämstervielBoy
character in Disney's "Lilo & Stitch"
- Jacques BlancBoy
character in the Onimusha video game series
- Jacques The ScratcherBoy
character in computer game "Wizard 101"
- Jacques BeaupierreBoy
character in Aaron Elkins' "Skeleton Dance"
- Jacques DubrinskyBoy
character in the Carpathian Novels by Christine Feehan
- JacquesBoy
character in an episode of "The Simpsons"
- "Frere JacquesBoy
" children's song
- Jacques RenaultBoy
character in the TV series "Twin Peaks"
- Inspector Jacques ClouseauBoy
character in The Pink Panther film series
- JacquesBoy
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