Jansen
- Last seen for girls in 2015 at #16,419
- #3,379 for boys in 2025, 34 births
- Given to boys 90.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1994 · 88 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,124since 1958
Jansen over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #3,379 | 34 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,835 | 45 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,177 | 38 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,151 | 38 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,972 | 41 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,136 | 36 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,694 | 47 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,635 | 47 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,240 | 59 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,935 | 40 | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #2,600 | 47 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #2,847 | 41 |
| 2013 | — | #2,623 | 45 | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | #2,905 | 40 |
| 2011 | — | #2,798 | 42 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,682 | 45 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,946 | 40 | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #2,946 | 40 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | #2,235 | 59 |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 | #2,477 | 49 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #2,325 | 50 |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | #2,208 | 52 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | #2,620 | 38 |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | #2,249 | 46 |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | #1,912 | 57 |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 | #1,968 | 52 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | #1,778 | 56 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | #1,622 | 64 |
| 1997 | #5,417 | 18 | #1,550 | 66 |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 | #1,690 | 56 |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | #1,682 | 53 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #1,231 | 88 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | #2,007 | 40 |
| 1992 | — | #1,778 | 47 | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #2,606 | 26 |
| 1990 | — | #2,086 | 35 | |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | #2,027 | 35 |
| 1988 | — | #2,090 | 30 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,333 | 24 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,096 | 27 | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #1,866 | 31 |
| 1984 | — | #1,885 | 29 | |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #2,408 | 20 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #2,426 | 20 |
| 1981 | — | #1,996 | 27 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,058 | 26 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,568 | 18 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,473 | 18 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,202 | 21 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,012 | 8 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,428 | 10 | |
| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,013 | 11 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,991 | 11 | |
| 1971 | — | #4,375 | 6 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,230 | 6 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,861 | 10 | |
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| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,617 | 10 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,282 | 7 | |
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| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
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| 1958 | — | #3,944 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1958
The first year at least five boys were named Jansen! It came in at #3,944, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1958–1963, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Jansen is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Jansen in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Jansen
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 544 spots since 2024 (#2,835 → #3,379)
- 243 spots since 2020 (#3,136 → #3,379)
- 779 spots since 2015 (#2,600 → #3,379)
Rise & fade · boys
36 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1958
- Peaked 1994 at #1,231 (88 births)
- Births halved by 2003, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 21,955
- Highest: 1 in 21,955 boys born in 1994 were named Jansen (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 50,238 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 25.0% of all boys named Jansen (531) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #3,944 (1958) | #3,944 |
| 1960s | 37 | #2,617 (1965) | #3,355 |
| 1970s | 114 | #2,202 (1977) | #3,452 |
| 1980s | 269 | #1,866 (1985) | #2,119 |
| 1990s | 531 | #1,231 (1994) | #1,803 |
| 2000s | 483 | #1,912 (2001) | #2,389 |
| 2010s | 453 | #2,240 (2017) | #2,696 |
| 2020s | 232 | #2,835 (2024) | #3,108 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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