Jacques

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Jacques: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Jacques: Recorded since 1992, it reached #272 in 1998, and it stood at #404 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
40times a registrar ranked it
33years from first to last
#272highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#399
1997	#378
1998	#382
1999	#350
2000	#480
2001	#460
2002	#481
2003	#695
2004	#637
2005	#705
2006	#939
2007	#1201
2008	#916
2009	#1133
2010	#1344
2011	#1251
2012	#1313
2013	#2403
2014	#1223
2015	#1442
2016	#1271
2017	#1339
2018	#1284
2019	#1745
2020	#1723
2021	#2493
2022	#600
2023	#409
2024	#664

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 9 of the 33 years from 1992 to 2024.

In 2024: #404 among boys in Scotland, #582 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #664 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1992–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1992
First recorded at #337 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1992 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #664 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Jacques appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 982 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1992.

Jacques across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Jacques's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#337 (1992)	#337 (1992)	#582 (2024)	9 of 33	35 (1992–2024)	6 (2004)
England and Wales · Boys	#399 (1996)	#350 (1999)	#664 (2024)	29 of 29	982 (1996–2024)	97 (2023)

Jacques by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Jacques in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	239	4 of 10	60
2000s	331	10 of 10	33
2010s	176	10 of 10	18
2020sbusiest	236	5 of 10	47

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 47 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2021 and 2022, when recorded births rose by 54, from 8 to 62.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Jacques appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1992 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #272 in Northern Ireland in 1998.

Jacques's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#664	56	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#409	97	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#600	62	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1723	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1745	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1284	20	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1339	19	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1271	21	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1442	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1223	21	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1313	19	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1251	20	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1344	18	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1133	22	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#916	29	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1201	19	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#939	25	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#705	36	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#637	38	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#695	31	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#481	45	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#460	45	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#480	41	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#350	67	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#382	59	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#378	60	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#399	53	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#272	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#582	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#384	6	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#351	6	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#379	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#404	8	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1992 and 2024, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #272, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 97 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Jacqueline · #11, 74y
Jad · #582, 29y
Jada · #311, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Izabella · #272, 30y
Kalvin · #272, 29y
Clark · #271, 29y
Yasmine · #271, 34y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Allister · #272, 17y
Connaire · #272, 10y
Donovan · #272, 29y
Gethin · #272, 27y

Jacques was ranked #272 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 1998. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Jacques and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Jacques without appearing here.

Jacques moved ahead of

Grant Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2493 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #600 and #4001.
Brett Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2493 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #600 and #3449.
Glenn Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2403 and #2403 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1223 and #2964.
Jon Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2493 and #1688 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #600 and #2320.

Moved ahead of Jacques

Mason Compare
In 2011 they stood at #384 and #493 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #718 and #57.
Cillian Compare
In 2008 they stood at #916 and #987 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1133 and #760.
Arlo Compare
In 2005 they stood at #705 and #766 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #939 and #582.
Hunter Compare
In 2008 they stood at #916 and #1085 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1133 and #848.

Moved the opposite way to Jacques

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jacques went from #399 to #664 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jacques went from #399 to #664 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jacques went from #399 to #664 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jacques went from #399 to #664 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Jacques

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jacques went from #399 to #664 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jacques went from #399 to #664 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jacques went from #399 to #664 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jacques went from #399 to #664 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1992 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #272 in Northern Ireland in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Jacques

Jacques at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jacques across 2 official records

Jacques by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Jacques appears in

Popularity data

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Jacques at a glance

Jacques across 2 official records

Jacques by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Jacques and the names beside it

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