Mostly boys · peaked in 2025
Jensen name popularity since 1925
20,268 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jensen (14.4% girls, 85.6% boys). Half of them were born in 2017 or earlier, so the typical Jensen is about 9 years old in 2026. Jensen peaked in 2025 as the #282 name for boys, and it ranked #282 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 20,268
- Named Jensen, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #282
- for boys in 2025 (1,207 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 85.6% boys
- 2,921 girls · 17,347 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 3.04× its national share
Peak year is the year Jensen made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Jensen births per year, 1925–2025
2025 was the biggest year for Jensen both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2008 and 2013, Jensen became 3.6× more common, from 1 in 10,400 baby boys to 1 in 2,870.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Jensen's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jensen.
Decade by decade
Babies named Jensen in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 5 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 13 | #3,088 |
| 1960s | 0 | 10 | #4,174 |
| 1970s | 0 | 128 | #3,328 |
| 1980s | 47 | 413 | #1,555 |
| 1990s | 1,186 | 812 | #1,355 |
| 2000s | 698 | 1,494 | #1,101 |
| 2010s | 576 | 7,788 | #395 |
| 2020–25 | 414 | 6,679 | #282 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 boys got the name.
Generation fingerprint
69.5% of babies named Jensen from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Jensen is most popular
The index compares Jensen's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Jensen.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 3.04× | 436 |
| Oklahoma | 2.15× | 472 |
| Indiana | 1.80× | 718 |
| Tennessee | 1.67× | 591 |
| Florida | 1.65× | 1,001 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Jensen and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Jensen (this page) | 17,347 | 2025 |
| Jenson | 2,849 | 2021 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Jensen's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jensen.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Jensen (2025).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data