Boys' name · since 1954
Jasen
4,659 babies named Jasen in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,877 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,247 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,659
- born since 1954
- 1970s
- peak decade
Jasen currently ranks #5247 among boys' names in America, with 4,659 babies recorded since 1954.
Jasen has 4,659 recorded births among boys since 1954, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5247 as of the latest data, more common than 62% of boys, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1954 to 2025.
- #1,877 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,247 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 4,659 born since 1954
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jasen ranks #1,877 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,247 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 4,659 born since 1954, peaking in the 1970s.
- #1,877 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,247 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,659
- born since 1954
- 1970s
- peak decade
Jasen's 4,659 recorded births place it above 95.87% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
27 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Jasen compares
4,659 Top 13% higher than 87% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jasen's all-time total is 13x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jasen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,659 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 204 | 34 | 22,252 |
Jasen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jasen's SSA record in two at 1993 and the more recent half accounts for 35% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 65%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1958, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1979 peak of 204, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jasen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–2025
- Peak year (1979)
- 204
- Annual births at peak, across 72 years of records
Jasen by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (1,703 births, 37% of the file).
1970s was Jasen's strongest decade.
1,703 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Jasen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1960s 146
1960s
146 births
- 1970s
1970s
1,703 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,024 births
- 1990s 507
1990s
507 births
- 2000s 571
2000s
571 births
- 2010s 575
2010s
575 births
- 2020s 122
2020s
122 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 1,703 births (37% of all-time use).
How Jasen compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Jasen's total volume
Jasen by state
Where Jasen concentrates geographically, total births since 1954
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 683 | 14.7% |
| #2 | New York | | 223 | 4.8% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 183 | 3.9% |
| #4 | Texas | | 182 | 3.9% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 158 | 3.4% |
| #6 | Florida | | 154 | 3.3% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 111 | 2.4% |
| #8 | Washington | | 95 | 2.0% |
683 of 4,659 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 27 reporting states.
Jasen appears in 27 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Jasen's data
- Jasen's decade-level peak was the 1970s (1,703 total births); usage has since declined to 122 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jasens (683 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jasen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~71 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1954–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jasen draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.