Jenson — #1349 US boys' name
2,707 babies named Jenson in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 91% of names given to boys today.
48% of everyone ever named Jenson was born in this single decade.
182 babies were named Jenson in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jenson
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,707 babies named Jenson between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jenson currently holds the #1349 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 182 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jenson performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,296 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jenson shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 214 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Jenson in 27 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jenson 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 2,707 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.
Jenson at a glance
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Current rank
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Jenson popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1979
- Peak year (2021)
- 182
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
Currently ranks #1349 among boys.
2,707 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 182 births in a single year.
Jenson popularity over time — girls
27 total births recorded since 1992 (Jenson as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Jenson accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jenson by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,296 births that decade — 48% of Jenson's all-time total
Jenson decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,296 births
- Runner-up 770 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Jenson's strongest decade
1,296 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Jenson by state
Where Jenson concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 214 | 7.9% |
| #2 | California | | 165 | 6.1% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 154 | 5.7% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 69 | 2.5% |
| #5 | Florida | | 64 | 2.4% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 63 | 2.3% |
| #7 | Oklahoma | | 63 | 2.3% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 55 | 2.0% |
214 of 2,707 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 27 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.9% of nationwide
- California 6.1% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.7% of nationwide
- Tennessee 2.5% of nationwide
- Florida 2.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 27 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jenson appears in 27 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1979–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.