Jens
#5,208 for boys in 2025, 18 births
- Peak · boys
- 1884 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,456since 1884
Jens over time
Rank among boys' names. Jens has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,208 | 18 |
| 2024 | #4,433 | 23 |
| 2023 | #4,456 | 23 |
| 2022 | #4,850 | 20 |
| 2021 | #4,936 | 19 |
| 2020 | #4,275 | 23 |
| 2019 | #4,337 | 23 |
| 2018 | #5,106 | 18 |
| 2017 | #4,331 | 23 |
| 2016 | #4,199 | 24 |
| 2015 | #5,289 | 17 |
| 2014 | #3,891 | 26 |
| 2013 | #4,064 | 24 |
| 2012 | #4,003 | 25 |
| 2011 | #3,885 | 26 |
| 2010 | #3,894 | 26 |
| 2009 | #2,991 | 39 |
| 2008 | #3,165 | 36 |
| 2007 | #3,893 | 26 |
| 2006 | #4,675 | 19 |
| 2005 | #3,528 | 27 |
| 2004 | #4,421 | 19 |
| 2003 | #3,732 | 23 |
| 2002 | #4,044 | 20 |
| 2001 | #3,228 | 27 |
| 2000 | #3,764 | 21 |
| 1999 | #2,398 | 37 |
| 1998 | #2,782 | 29 |
| 1997 | #2,823 | 27 |
| 1996 | #2,183 | 38 |
| 1995 | #2,685 | 27 |
| 1994 | #2,556 | 29 |
| 1993 | #2,347 | 32 |
| 1992 | #2,174 | 35 |
| 1991 | #2,915 | 22 |
| 1990 | #2,373 | 29 |
| 1989 | #1,993 | 36 |
| 1988 | #2,197 | 28 |
| 1987 | #2,215 | 26 |
| 1986 | #1,760 | 35 |
| 1985 | #2,116 | 26 |
| 1984 | #1,764 | 32 |
| 1983 | #1,711 | 33 |
| 1982 | #1,596 | 38 |
| 1981 | #1,766 | 32 |
| 1980 | #1,726 | 33 |
| 1979 | #1,670 | 34 |
| 1978 | #1,965 | 25 |
| 1977 | #2,202 | 21 |
| 1976 | #1,932 | 25 |
| 1975 | #2,001 | 23 |
| 1974 | #1,501 | 34 |
| 1973 | #1,782 | 25 |
| 1972 | #1,680 | 27 |
| 1971 | #1,705 | 27 |
| 1970 | #1,794 | 24 |
| 1969 | #1,526 | 28 |
| 1968 | #1,574 | 25 |
| 1967 | #1,507 | 26 |
| 1966 | #1,194 | 39 |
| 1965 | #1,806 | 19 |
| 1964 | #1,900 | 18 |
| 1963 | #1,548 | 26 |
| 1962 | #2,364 | 12 |
| 1961 | #1,876 | 19 |
| 1960 | #1,728 | 22 |
| 1959 | #1,806 | 20 |
| 1958 | #1,677 | 22 |
| 1957 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1956 | #2,015 | 16 |
| 1955 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1954 | #2,044 | 15 |
| 1953 | #1,709 | 20 |
| 1952 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #2,055 | 14 |
| 1950 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1949 | #2,337 | 11 |
| 1948 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #2,076 | 14 |
| 1946 | #2,030 | 13 |
| 1945 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | #1,636 | 19 |
| 1942 | #2,042 | 13 |
| 1941 | #2,207 | 11 |
| 1940 | #1,983 | 13 |
| 1939 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #2,680 | 8 |
| 1936 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #2,127 | 12 |
| 1934 | #2,121 | 12 |
| 1933 | #3,004 | 7 |
| 1932 | #1,995 | 14 |
| 1931 | #2,651 | 9 |
| 1930 | #1,821 | 17 |
| 1929 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1927 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #1,981 | 16 |
| 1925 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1924 | #2,229 | 14 |
| 1923 | #1,644 | 22 |
| 1922 | #1,765 | 20 |
| 1921 | #2,502 | 12 |
| 1920 | #1,966 | 17 |
| 1919 | #1,752 | 19 |
| 1918 | #1,286 | 30 |
| 1917 | #1,900 | 16 |
| 1916 | #1,646 | 19 |
| 1915 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1914 | #1,975 | 11 |
| 1913 | #1,945 | 9 |
| 1912 | #1,527 | 11 |
| 1911 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #885 | 7 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #907 | 6 |
| 1892 | #956 | 6 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #814 | 7 |
| 1889 | #878 | 6 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #845 | 6 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #663 | 9 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Jens! It came in at #663, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Jens is popular in 1884
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Jens
- 775 spots since 2024 (#4,433 → #5,208)
- 933 spots since 2020 (#4,275 → #5,208)
- 81 spots since 2015 (#5,289 → #5,208)
- Biggest jump: 64 spots in 1890 (#878 → #814)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1884 at #663 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1889–1890
- Highest: 1 in 12,716 boys born in 1884 were named Jens (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 94,893 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 13.0% of all boys named Jens (319) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 21 | #663 (1884) | #795 |
| 1890s | 26 | #814 (1890) | #891 |
| 1900s | 12 | #1,137 (1902) | #1,146 |
| 1910s | 142 | #1,286 (1918) | #1,707 |
| 1920s | 145 | #1,644 (1923) | #2,273 |
| 1930s | 98 | #1,821 (1930) | #2,565 |
| 1940s | 114 | #1,636 (1943) | #2,318 |
| 1950s | 160 | #1,677 (1958) | #2,064 |
| 1960s | 234 | #1,194 (1966) | #1,702 |
| 1970s | 265 | #1,501 (1974) | #1,823 |
| 1980s | 319 | #1,596 (1982) | #1,884 |
| 1990s | 305 | #2,174 (1992) | #2,524 |
| 2000s | 257 | #2,991 (2009) | #3,744 |
| 2010s | 232 | #3,885 (2011) | #4,300 |
| 2020s | 126 | #4,275 (2020) | #4,693 |
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.
Jens in 1884
Top boys' names in 1884
More about 1884
boys
114,441 boys got a published name in 1884; 1 in 12,716 of them was named Jens, which outranked 41.1% of the 1,125 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 41.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).