Jens
Jens was given to 18 boys in 2025, #5,296 among boys’ names; 2,456 Americans have been recorded with it since 1884 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,800 Americans named Jens and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (73% of everyone recorded); the median is 36 years old and half are between 19 and 52.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jens by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Jens mean?
Wiktionary, Swedish section
Jens is “a male given name”
From Danish Jens.
Meaning: Wiktionary, Swedish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Jens?
#5,296 among boys’ names, 2025
Jens rose from #5,389 in 2015 to #5,296 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 8.9 to 10.5 per million.
39 babies in 1966, the peak
Jens peaked in 1966, when 39 boys were given it, #1,206 among boys’ names. The 18 births of 2025 are 46% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,296 | 10.5 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,487 | 13.3 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,526 | 13.4 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,919 | 11.5 |
| 2021 | 19 | #5,003 | 10.9 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,332 | 13.3 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,398 | 12.8 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,189 | 9.9 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,382 | 12.4 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,248 | 12.6 |
Every recorded year (125)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 17 | #5,389 | 8.9 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,951 | 13.5 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,119 | 12.7 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,068 | 13.2 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,939 | 13.7 |
| 2010 | 26 | #3,943 | 13.6 |
| 2009 | 39 | #3,012 | 19.7 |
| 2008 | 36 | #3,187 | 17.6 |
| 2007 | 26 | #3,945 | 12.5 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,766 | 9.2 |
| 2005 | 27 | #3,565 | 13.5 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,496 | 9.6 |
| 2003 | 23 | #3,774 | 11.6 |
| 2002 | 20 | #4,097 | 10.3 |
| 2001 | 27 | #3,263 | 13.9 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,833 | 10.7 |
| 1999 | 37 | #2,425 | 19.3 |
| 1998 | 29 | #2,818 | 15.2 |
| 1997 | 27 | #2,854 | 14.3 |
| 1996 | 38 | #2,194 | 20.1 |
| 1995 | 27 | #2,713 | 14.2 |
| 1994 | 29 | #2,578 | 15.0 |
| 1993 | 32 | #2,368 | 16.3 |
| 1992 | 35 | #2,190 | 17.5 |
| 1991 | 22 | #2,944 | 10.9 |
| 1990 | 29 | #2,397 | 14.1 |
| 1989 | 36 | #2,002 | 18.0 |
| 1988 | 28 | #2,214 | 14.6 |
| 1987 | 26 | #2,239 | 13.9 |
| 1986 | 35 | #1,770 | 19.0 |
| 1985 | 26 | #2,148 | 14.1 |
| 1984 | 32 | #1,776 | 17.7 |
| 1983 | 33 | #1,727 | 18.4 |
| 1982 | 38 | #1,606 | 20.9 |
| 1981 | 32 | #1,786 | 17.9 |
| 1980 | 33 | #1,748 | 18.5 |
| 1979 | 34 | #1,688 | 19.7 |
| 1978 | 25 | #1,992 | 15.2 |
| 1977 | 21 | #2,238 | 12.8 |
| 1976 | 25 | #1,955 | 15.9 |
| 1975 | 23 | #2,030 | 14.7 |
| 1974 | 34 | #1,506 | 21.6 |
| 1973 | 25 | #1,796 | 16.0 |
| 1972 | 27 | #1,704 | 16.7 |
| 1971 | 27 | #1,723 | 15.3 |
| 1970 | 24 | #1,819 | 12.9 |
| 1969 | 28 | #1,543 | 15.7 |
| 1968 | 25 | #1,598 | 14.4 |
| 1967 | 26 | #1,523 | 14.9 |
| 1966 | 39 | #1,206 | 21.9 |
| 1965 | 19 | #1,833 | 10.2 |
| 1964 | 18 | #1,934 | 9.0 |
| 1963 | 26 | #1,559 | 12.8 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,439 | 5.8 |
| 1961 | 19 | #1,910 | 8.9 |
| 1960 | 22 | #1,744 | 10.3 |
| 1959 | 20 | #1,835 | 9.4 |
| 1958 | 22 | #1,706 | 10.4 |
| 1957 | 15 | #2,138 | 7.0 |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,046 | 7.6 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,090 | 7.3 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,078 | 7.4 |
| 1953 | 20 | #1,741 | 10.1 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,545 | 3.1 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,096 | 7.4 |
| 1950 | 17 | #1,847 | 9.5 |
| 1949 | 11 | #2,400 | 6.2 |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,152 | 4.0 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,114 | 7.7 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,086 | 8.0 |
| 1945 | 6 | #3,154 | 4.5 |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,985 | 5.1 |
| 1943 | 19 | #1,666 | 13.3 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,093 | 9.4 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,264 | 9.0 |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,034 | 11.2 |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,975 | 6.3 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,018 | 6.3 |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,780 | 7.5 |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,799 | 4.8 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,190 | 11.5 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,185 | 11.6 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,143 | 7.1 |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,048 | 13.4 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,764 | 8.7 |
| 1930 | 17 | #1,862 | 15.5 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,390 | 6.5 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,103 | 13.5 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,295 | 7.1 |
| 1926 | 16 | #2,027 | 14.4 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,257 | 12.5 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,292 | 12.4 |
| 1923 | 22 | #1,670 | 20.1 |
| 1922 | 20 | #1,793 | 18.4 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,553 | 10.9 |
| 1920 | 17 | #2,002 | 16.0 |
| 1919 | 19 | #1,779 | 19.4 |
| 1918 | 30 | #1,302 | 29.6 |
| 1917 | 16 | #1,942 | 17.3 |
| 1916 | 19 | #1,667 | 21.3 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,744 | 20.0 |
| 1914 | 11 | #2,038 | 16.8 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,014 | 17.6 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,575 | 25.6 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,873 | 22.1 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,717 | 25.7 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,215 | 42.7 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,222 | 40.8 |
| 1898 | 7 | #938 | 57.1 |
| 1893 | 6 | #967 | 53.4 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,017 | 49.2 |
| 1890 | 7 | #847 | 63.0 |
| 1889 | 6 | #928 | 54.3 |
| 1886 | 6 | #902 | 54.2 |
| 1884 | 9 | #680 | 78.6 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Jens a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Jens has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 125 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Jens: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jens, and how old are they?
1,800 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 73% of the 2,456 Americans ever recorded as Jens. The median Jens alive today is 36 years old; half are between 19 and 52.
The 2020 Census counted 2,786 people named Jens (28 women and girls, 2,758 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,758 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.6 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census records the name people give, which for many is the short form Jens rather than the name on their birth record, and it counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 35 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 205 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 384 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 473 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 420 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 279 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Jens born?
The states with the most babies named Jens are California, Minnesota and Utah, with 76% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Minnesota and Utah are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 148 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Minnesota | 56 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Utah | 56 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| Washington | 28 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Wisconsin | 17 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Iowa | 15 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Illinois | 6 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Georgia | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| New York | 5 | not ranked | 0.0× |
| Oregon | 5 | not ranked | 0.2× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Jens with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Jens
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1880-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Marshal | 5,559 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Jens and names like it
- Compare Jens and MarshalBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sJens peaked in 1966.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Jens since 1910.
- Swedish namesWiktionary’s origin for Jens: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1966The year the most babies were named Jens.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Jens alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with JMost given first.