How rare is the name Jensen?

12,687 people in the United States have the first name Jensen, about 1 in 23,806. It ranks #2,118 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JENSEN

#2,118

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,687
About
1 in 23,806
This common or more
78.6%
Who bears it

Of the 12,687 people named Jensen, 76.2% reported their origin as White, 10% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.1% as two or more races. 80.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jensen peaked in 2025, when 1,288 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19272025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
1,288
In 2025*
1,288
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 20,268 babies have been given the name since 1927. 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.

Jensen by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #563. The largest share of babies named Jensen, 69.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1920s#13,8275
1930s#11,9535
1950s#12,03613
1960s#14,95510
1970s#7,126128
1980s#3,619460
1990s#1,7041,998
2000s#1,9312,192
2010s#7578,364
2020s#5637,093
Greatest Generation 1901–270%
Silent Generation 1928–450%
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–800.8%
Millennials 1981–967.5%
Generation Z 1997–1222.1%
2013 and later69.5%

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 Jensen is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jensen has been most common in Utah (3.2×), Hawaii (2.9×), and Oklahoma (2.1×), and least common in Connecticut (0.18×).

16,645 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.

Either side of Jensen

#2,116 Huong · 12,700#2,117 Zackery · 12,696#2,119 Rhea · 12,677#2,120 Ivonne · 12,663

Spelled almost the same

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

#7,141 Jenson · 2,160#16,017 Jensyn · 710

Also a last name

As a last name, Jensen ranks #268 of 156,621, with 114,314 people. See Jensen as a last name

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