Jensen
Jensen is ranked 327th among boys in 2024 (1,054 births). Its best rank was 288th, in 2019.
- Rank in 2024
- #327down 26 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,0540.06% of boys
- Peak year
- 20181,196 births
- Best rank
- #288in 2019
- Since 1927
- 18,971people given the name
The story in the numbers
16,132 boys have been named Jensen in the United States since 1927, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2018, with 1,196 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 393 → 327).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2017, and the 2010s alone account for 48%. It has spent 18 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 2,839 girls have also been given it, 15% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Jensen | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | |
| 1930s | 5 | |
| 1950s | 13 | |
| 1960s | 10 | |
| 1970s | 128 | |
| 1980s | 413 | |
| 1990s | 812 | |
| 2000s | 1,494 | |
| 2010s | 7,788 | |
| 2020s | 5,464 |
In 2018, its biggest year
Jensen was the 292nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2018 were Liam, Noah, William, James and Oliver. See all of 2018.
Names that rose and fell with Jensen
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Alisterpeak 2022
- Jamesonpeak 2019
- Riyanpeak 2022
- Remingtonpeak 2019
- Masiahpeak 2022
- Alistairpeak 2024
- Karampeak 2024
- Kysonpeak 2023
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.