Jensen
- #2,256 for girls in 2025, 81 births
- #282 for boys in 2025, 1,207 births
- Given to boys 85.6% of the time
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- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 1,207 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 17,347since 1927
Jensen over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it. Not on the chart: 5 boys in 1927, 5 boys in 1930 (see the data table).
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,256 | 81 | #282 | 1,207 |
| 2024 | #3,119 | 51 | #327 | 1,059 |
| 2023 | #2,517 | 70 | #300 | 1,113 |
| 2022 | #2,463 | 73 | #304 | 1,105 |
| 2021 | #2,366 | 76 | #302 | 1,095 |
| 2020 | #2,659 | 63 | #302 | 1,100 |
| 2019 | #2,593 | 67 | #287 | 1,194 |
| 2018 | #2,361 | 77 | #293 | 1,196 |
| 2017 | #3,192 | 50 | #336 | 1,010 |
| 2016 | #3,060 | 54 | #367 | 907 |
| 2015 | #2,382 | 77 | #395 | 791 |
| 2014 | #2,615 | 67 | #393 | 793 |
| 2013 | #3,218 | 50 | #437 | 660 |
| 2012 | #3,213 | 51 | #510 | 519 |
| 2011 | #4,915 | 28 | #608 | 400 |
| 2010 | #3,044 | 55 | #723 | 318 |
| 2009 | #4,269 | 35 | #835 | 259 |
| 2008 | #3,779 | 42 | #995 | 196 |
| 2007 | #3,329 | 50 | #1,083 | 169 |
| 2006 | #3,617 | 43 | #1,214 | 138 |
| 2005 | #2,787 | 59 | #1,100 | 150 |
| 2004 | #2,851 | 56 | #1,216 | 125 |
| 2003 | #2,368 | 70 | #1,324 | 104 |
| 2002 | #1,866 | 95 | #1,326 | 100 |
| 2001 | #1,516 | 123 | #1,221 | 109 |
| 2000 | #1,472 | 125 | #1,015 | 144 |
| 1999 | #1,138 | 172 | #1,063 | 128 |
| 1998 | #988 | 204 | #967 | 143 |
| 1997 | #1,022 | 188 | #1,333 | 84 |
| 1996 | #1,079 | 171 | #1,314 | 83 |
| 1995 | #1,346 | 122 | #1,354 | 76 |
| 1994 | #1,634 | 92 | #1,477 | 64 |
| 1993 | #1,985 | 70 | #1,721 | 50 |
| 1992 | #1,987 | 69 | #1,598 | 55 |
| 1991 | #2,593 | 47 | #1,467 | 60 |
| 1990 | #2,402 | 51 | #1,336 | 69 |
| 1989 | #3,673 | 27 | #1,516 | 54 |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 | #1,451 | 53 |
| 1987 | — | #1,938 | 32 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,299 | 56 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,544 | 42 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,556 | 39 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,429 | 44 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,596 | 38 | |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #2,038 | 26 |
| 1980 | — | #1,910 | 29 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,943 | 27 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,870 | 27 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,270 | 20 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,245 | 20 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,246 | 11 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,634 | 6 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,013 | 11 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
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| 1969 | — | #4,404 | 5 | |
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| 1965 | — | #3,930 | 5 | |
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| 1955 | — | #2,964 | 8 | |
| 1954 | — | #3,827 | 5 | |
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| 1930 | — | #4,001 | 5 | |
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| 1927 | — | #4,210 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1927
The first year at least five boys were named Jensen! It came in at #4,210, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1927–1954, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Jensen is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Wyoming#72 · 1 in 182
- West Virginia#82 · 1 in 280
- Maine#126 · 1 in 384
- Arkansas#134 · 1 in 484
- Iowa#135 · 1 in 461
Best ever in a state: #70 in West Virginia, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | #72 | 6 | 1 in 182 |
| West Virginia | #82 | 22 | 1 in 280 |
| Maine | #126 | 10 | 1 in 384 |
| Arkansas | #134 | 26 | 1 in 484 |
| Iowa | #135 | 30 | 1 in 461 |
| Indiana | #146 | 56 | 1 in 565 |
| Missouri | #151 | 46 | 1 in 605 |
| Oklahoma | #153 | 31 | 1 in 570 |
| Ohio | #159 | 86 | 1 in 611 |
| Louisiana | #181 | 28 | 1 in 683 |
| Kentucky | #187 | 30 | 1 in 685 |
| North Dakota | #191 | 6 | 1 in 559 |
| Tennessee | #192 | 48 | 1 in 766 |
| Wisconsin | #200 | 31 | 1 in 756 |
| Kansas | #205 | 19 | 1 in 739 |
| South Dakota | #221 | 6 | 1 in 641 |
| Nebraska | #228 | 11 | 1 in 802 |
| Utah | #233 | 22 | 1 in 894 |
| Virginia | #234 | 37 | 1 in 1,007 |
| Alabama | #260 | 21 | 1 in 1,025 |
| Minnesota | #263 | 23 | 1 in 1,065 |
| Pennsylvania | #269 | 44 | 1 in 1,188 |
| Mississippi | #281 | 11 | 1 in 985 |
| Idaho | #282 | 9 | 1 in 959 |
| Michigan | #288 | 34 | 1 in 1,182 |
| Texas | #302 | 126 | 1 in 1,389 |
| North Carolina | #303 | 41 | 1 in 1,255 |
| Georgia | #308 | 40 | 1 in 1,256 |
| Florida | #323 | 60 | 1 in 1,592 |
| Nevada | #323 | 9 | 1 in 1,255 |
| South Carolina | #372 | 14 | 1 in 1,514 |
| Illinois | #375 | 28 | 1 in 1,770 |
| Washington | #382 | 19 | 1 in 1,726 |
| Arizona | #412 | 18 | 1 in 1,818 |
| Connecticut | #440 | 6 | 1 in 2,201 |
| Colorado | #468 | 12 | 1 in 2,238 |
| Maryland | #475 | 10 | 1 in 2,290 |
| California | #494 | 64 | 1 in 2,742 |
| Oregon | #529 | 6 | 1 in 2,510 |
| Massachusetts | #555 | 8 | 1 in 3,378 |
| New Jersey | #576 | 12 | 1 in 3,314 |
| New York | #620 | 24 | 1 in 3,518 |
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| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Vermont | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Jensen
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 20 spots since 2020 (#302 → #282)
- Biggest jump: 366 spots in 1998
- Biggest drop: 96 spots in 1999
Rise & fade · boys
98 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1927
- Peaked 2025 at #282 (1,207 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 19 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 2008–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,415
- Highest: 1 in 1,415 boys born in 2025 were named Jensen (0.07%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 44.9% of all boys named Jensen (7,788) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2002
- Mostly girls until 2001, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,210 (1927) | #4,210 |
| 1930s | 5 | #4,001 (1930) | #4,001 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 13 | #2,964 (1955) | #3,396 |
| 1960s | 10 | #3,930 (1965) | #4,167 |
| 1970s | 128 | #1,870 (1978) | #2,958 |
| 1980s | 413 | #1,299 (1986) | #1,628 |
| 1990s | 812 | #967 (1998) | #1,363 |
| 2000s | 1,494 | #835 (2009) | #1,133 |
| 2010s | 7,788 | #287 (2019) | #435 |
| 2020s | 6,679 | #282 (2025) | #303 |
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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