How rare is the name Jasen?

3,732 people in the United States have the first name Jasen, about 1 in 80,930. It ranks #4,830 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

JASEN

#4,830

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,732
About
1 in 80,930
This common or more
84.6%
Who bears it

Of the 3,732 people named Jasen, 66.7% reported their origin as White, 12.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 10.9% as Black. 99.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jasen peaked in 1979, when 204 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19542025
Peak year
1979
Births that year
204
In 2025*
18 ▼91%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 4,659 babies have been given the name since 1954. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Jasen by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,438. The largest share of babies named Jasen, 42.8%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1950s#12,55611
1960s#5,228146
1970s#1,4381,703
1980s#2,1551,024
1990s#4,214507
2000s#4,916571
2010s#5,124575
2020s#10,192122
Baby boom 1946–640.5%
Generation X 1965–8042.8%
Millennials 1981–9625.9%
Generation Z 1997–1219.3%
2013 and later11.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Jasen is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jasen has been most common in California (3.1×), Washington (2.6×), and Michigan (2.2×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.5×).

2,208 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Jasen

1 other first name also has 3,732 people.

#4,830 Benigno · 3,732

Either side of Jasen

#4,828 Malina · 3,733#4,830 Benigno · 3,732#4,832 Elayna · 3,728#4,832 Herschel · 3,728

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jasen, most common first.

#32 Jason · 898,652#4,474 Jaxen · 4,157#7,032 Jaysen · 2,216#7,417 Jacen · 2,061#9,540 Jaxsen · 1,449#16,550 Jasean · 679#24,021 Jasin · 404#30,958 Jaisen · 279

Also a last name

As a last name, Jasen ranks #111,996 of 156,621, with 167 people. See Jasen as a last name

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