Jens — #4416 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jens

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,440 babies named Jens between 1884 and 2024, spanning 141 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jens currently holds the #4416 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1966, when 39 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jens performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 320 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Jens shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 148 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and Utah. In total, SSA state-level files list Jens in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jens in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,440 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.