Jensen

Where Jensen comes from

Borrowed from Danish Jensen.
— Wiktionary's entry for Jensen
  • From a surname
  • 2 syllables
Jensen through the years
  1. 1927
    First appearance
    #4,210 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1963
    Jensen Huang born
    American entrepreneur and businessman; co-founder and CEO of Nvidia
  3. 1978
    Jensen Ackles born
    American actor
  4. 2002
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  5. 2025
    Peak, #282
    1,207 babies named Jensen, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
  • A female given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Jensen Ackles · American actor, born 1978
  • Jensen Huang · American entrepreneur and businessman; co-founder and CEO of Nvidia, born 1963
  • Jensen Daggett · actress, born 1969
  • Jensen Plowright · Australian cyclist, born 2000
  • Jensen Atwood · American actor, born 1976

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.