Jenson
Jenson is an English language patronymic surname meaning "son of Jen", with Jen being a short form of Old French Jehan i.e. John. It may also be an Americanized form of the surnames Jensen or Jenssen. Jenson is also used as a given name. There are alternate spellings, including the German/Danish variant, Jensen.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Jenson
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jenson is an English language patronymic surname meaning "son of Jen", with Jen being a short form of Old French Jehan i.e. John. It may also be an Americanized form of the surnames Jensen or Jenssen. Jenson is also used as a given name. There are alternate spellings, including the German/Danish variant, Jensen.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Jenson
Jenson first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1979, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2021: 182 births, good for #1,119 nationwide. About 44% of every Jenson on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Jenson ranks #1,446 for baby boys with 128 births, falling sharply (-19%). All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Jenson
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About the name Jenson
Jenson is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1979 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Jenson's peak popularity came in 2021 when it ranked #1,119. Use the chart and map above to compare Jenson'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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