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Jacque

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Literal meaning not recorded

Jacque has been given to 7,313 babies in the U.S. since 1914. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1950, with 236 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 67% girls, 33% boys all-time.

Babies named Jacque, 2004

1 in 546,000

Jacque over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Jacque over time

In 2025, Jacque went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19122025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Jacque: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jacque means

Jacque is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Jacque is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,888 girls were recorded with the name Jacque between 1914 and 2004. Its highest annual count was 236 in 1950; its best national rank was #538 in 1950.

In the United States, 2,425 boys were recorded with the name Jacque between 1912 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 56 in 1971; its best national rank was #1,093 in 1971.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #8,326 in 2020 to #7,885 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,470 in 2015 to #7,885 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Jacque?

Jacque had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2004, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2004
1 in 546,000
7 of 3,820,181 births
Among girls only
1 in 262,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2004
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
378,279 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jacque sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2004 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 378,279 children born in 2004 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jacque. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jacques were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jacque was born before 1957 — so the typical Jacque is around 68 today.

Median birth year
1957
About 68 years old
Biggest decade
1950s
29.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
11.0%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
3,598
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1950s — 29.1% of all recorded uses (1,421).

Is Jacque rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1950 (236)
Years since peak
75
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
22.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#538
1950

Spellings of Jacque

Jacque is not the most common spelling — Jackie is, with 82.6% against Jacque's 4.4%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Jacque is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Jacque was most concentrated in Arizona — about 1 in 9,091 girls, against 1 in 56,928 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

011 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Arizona1 in 9,091
  2. 2Kansas1 in 12,500
  3. 3Iowa1 in 14,286
  4. 4Oklahoma1 in 16,667
  5. 5Colorado1 in 20,000
  6. 6Nebraska1 in 20,000
  7. 7Wyoming1 in 20,000
  8. 8California1 in 33,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jacque has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Jacque is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Jacque was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 272,248 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 33,333
  2. 2California1 in 100,000
  3. 3Illinois1 in —
  4. 4Indiana1 in —
  5. 5Michigan1 in —
  6. 6New York1 in —
  7. 7Ohio1 in —
  8. 8Pennsylvania1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jacque has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Jacque around the world

Where Jacque ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2012
    #4,805
    in 2012
  • France
    1905–2010
    #4,975
    in 2010
  • South Australia
    1997–2002
    #606
    in 2002

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Jacque

People whose public names include Jacque, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Jacque by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#538
1950
Peak year
1950
236 that year
First recorded
1914
Last recorded
2004
All-time count
4,888
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,885
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 441
Best rank ever
#1,093
1971
Peak year
1971
56 that year
First recorded
1912
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,425
Count in 2025
10

Names similar to Jacque

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Jacque

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Jacque, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Jacque

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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