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
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
17,347
since 1927

Jensen over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201995peak #988, 1998girlsboysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,25681#2821,207
2024#3,11951#3271,059
2023#2,51770#3001,113
2022#2,46373#3041,105
2021#2,36676#3021,095
2020#2,65963#3021,100
2019#2,59367#2871,194
2018#2,36177#2931,196
2017#3,19250#3361,010
2016#3,06054#367907
2015#2,38277#395791
2014#2,61567#393793
2013#3,21850#437660
2012#3,21351#510519
2011#4,91528#608400
2010#3,04455#723318
2009#4,26935#835259
2008#3,77942#995196
2007#3,32950#1,083169
2006#3,61743#1,214138
2005#2,78759#1,100150
2004#2,85156#1,216125
2003#2,36870#1,324104
2002#1,86695#1,326100
2001#1,516123#1,221109
2000#1,472125#1,015144
1999#1,138172#1,063128
1998#988204#967143
1997#1,022188#1,33384
1996#1,079171#1,31483
1995#1,346122#1,35476
1994#1,63492#1,47764
1993#1,98570#1,72150
1992#1,98769#1,59855
1991#2,59347#1,46760
1990#2,40251#1,33669
1989#3,67327#1,51654
1988#5,59814#1,45153
1987—#1,93832
1986—#1,29956
1985—#1,54442
1984—#1,55639
1983—#1,42944
1982—#1,59638
1981#9,1106#2,03826
1980—#1,91029
1979—#1,94327
1978—#1,87027
1977—#2,27020
1976—#2,24520
1975—#3,24611
1974—#4,6346
1973—#3,01311
1972—#4,4416
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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 1995

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,421 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 28,897 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedGAHawaii: #190 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 847 boysHITexas: #1,558 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 30,621 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Jensen, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Hawaii#190 · 1 in 847
  2. California#1,421 · 1 in 28,897
  3. Texas#1,558 · 1 in 30,621

Best ever in a state: #70 in West Virginia, 2022.

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Hawaii#19071 in 847
California#1,42191 in 28,897
Texas#1,55851 in 30,621
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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
  • 45 spots since 2024 (#327 → #282)
  • 20 spots since 2020 (#302 → #282)
  • 113 spots since 2015 (#395 → #282)
  • Biggest jump: 366 spots in 1998 (#1,333 → #967)
  • Biggest drop: 96 spots in 1999 (#967 → #1,063)
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
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s5#4,210 (1927)#4,210
1930s5#4,001 (1930)#4,001
1940s0——
1950s13#2,964 (1955)#3,396
1960s10#3,930 (1965)#4,167
1970s128#1,870 (1978)#2,958
1980s413#1,299 (1986)#1,628
1990s812#967 (1998)#1,363
2000s1,494#835 (2009)#1,133
2010s7,788#287 (2019)#435
2020s6,679#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.

Jensen in 1995

girls
#1,346
122 births · 1 in 14,414 girls
boys
#1,354
76 births · 1 in 25,049 boys

Top girls' names in 1995

  1. #1Jessica27,941
  2. #2Ashley26,606
  3. #3Emily24,382
  4. #4Samantha21,644
  5. #5Sarah21,395
  6. #6Taylor20,426
  7. #7Hannah17,018
  8. #8Brittany16,477
  9. #9Amanda16,354
  10. #10Elizabeth16,192
  11. #1,346Jensen122

Top boys' names in 1995

  1. #1Michael41,409
  2. #2Matthew32,882
  3. #3Christopher32,679
  4. #4Jacob31,134
  5. #5Joshua30,720
  6. #6Tyler29,161
  7. #7Nicholas29,160
  8. #8Brandon26,904
  9. #9Daniel26,728
  10. #10Austin25,908
  11. #1,354Jensen76
More about 1995

girls

1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 14,414 of them was named Jensen, which outranked 91.5% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jensen
  1. #1,337Jaimee123
  2. #1,337Regine123
  3. #1,337Spencer123
  4. #1,346Jensen122
  5. #1,346Breona122
  6. #1,346Camila122
  7. #1,346Chanelle122
  8. #1,355Aliya121
  9. #1,355Anisa121
  10. #1,355Baylie121

Tied with 8 names at #1,346; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,718Iridian#7,604 → #886
  2. ↑ 2,689Daija#3,615 → #926
  3. ↑ 2,119Lyric#2,752 → #633
  4. ↑ 1,910Daja#2,877 → #967
  5. ↑ 1,602Shania#2,047 → #445
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,205Nohely#896 → #2,101
  2. ↓ 1,048Zana#802 → #1,850
  3. ↓ 869Kadijah#512 → #1,381
  4. ↓ 609Clarisa#664 → #1,273
  5. ↓ 514Dayana#751 → #1,265

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 25,049 of them was named Jensen, which outranked 86.9% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jensen
  1. #1,338Wanya77
  2. #1,338Yisroel77
  3. #1,338Zavier77
  4. #1,354Jensen76
  5. #1,354Darron76
  6. #1,354Naquan76
  7. #1,354Osbaldo76
  8. #1,359Archie75
  9. #1,359Domonique75
  10. #1,359Ean75

Tied with 4 names at #1,354; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,703Tristin#2,307 → #604
  2. ↑ 1,494Raekwon#2,082 → #588
  3. ↑ 1,357Tristian#2,219 → #862
  4. ↑ 1,269Triston#1,795 → #526
  5. ↑ 1,186Rashaan#2,123 → #937
Fallers
  1. ↓ 469Shyheim#817 → #1,286
  2. ↓ 335Ryne#897 → #1,232
  3. ↓ 251Daulton#792 → #1,043
  4. ↓ 247Demetri#886 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 242Jerrell#917 → #1,159

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1995 →