Jensen

Where Jensen comes from

Borrowed from Danish Jensen.
— Wiktionary's entry for Jensen
  • From a surname
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1927
    First appearance
    #4,210 among boys, 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 it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  5. 2025
    Peak, #282
    1,207 babies named Jensen — more than any year before or since.
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.