Jensen
Jensen is a unisex given name. Notable people with the given name include:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Jensen
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jensen is a unisex given name. Notable people with the given name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Jensen
As a girl name
Jensen first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1981, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1998: 204 births, good for #988 nationwide. About 40% of every Jensen on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Jensen ranks #2,948 for girls with 56 births, gradually falling (-8%). All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Jensen on the record books as a boy name in 1927, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2018, when 1,196 Jensens were born — ranking #292 that year. About 43% of every Jensen on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Jensen ranks #325 for boys with 1,065 births, holding steady (-3%). All told, over 18K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Jensen
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Jensen. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Jensen
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About the name Jensen
Jensen is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1927 and has accumulated 18K births in the dataset. Jensen's peak popularity came in 2018 when it ranked #287. Use the chart and map above to compare Jensen's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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