Jens

#5,208 for boys in 2025, 18 births

Peak · boys
1884 · 9 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,456
since 1884

Jens over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Jens has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201889peak #663, 1884boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#5,20818
2024#4,43323
2023#4,45623
2022#4,85020
2021#4,93619
2020#4,27523
2019#4,33723
2018#5,10618
2017#4,33123
2016#4,19924
2015#5,28917
2014#3,89126
2013#4,06424
2012#4,00325
2011#3,88526
2010#3,89426
2009#2,99139
2008#3,16536
2007#3,89326
2006#4,67519
2005#3,52827
2004#4,42119
2003#3,73223
2002#4,04420
2001#3,22827
2000#3,76421
1999#2,39837
1998#2,78229
1997#2,82327
1996#2,18338
1995#2,68527
1994#2,55629
1993#2,34732
1992#2,17435
1991#2,91522
1990#2,37329
1989#1,99336
1988#2,19728
1987#2,21526
1986#1,76035
1985#2,11626
1984#1,76432
1983#1,71133
1982#1,59638
1981#1,76632
1980#1,72633
1979#1,67034
1978#1,96525
1977#2,20221
1976#1,93225
1975#2,00123
1974#1,50134
1973#1,78225
1972#1,68027
1971#1,70527
1970#1,79424
1969#1,52628
1968#1,57425
1967#1,50726
1966#1,19439
1965#1,80619
1964#1,90018
1963#1,54826
1962#2,36412
1961#1,87619
1960#1,72822
1959#1,80620
1958#1,67722
1957#2,09315
1956#2,01516
1955#2,04815
1954#2,04415
1953#1,70920
1952#3,3736
1951#2,05514
1950#1,81517
1949#2,33711
1948#3,0107
1947#2,07614
1946#2,03013
1945#2,9966
1944#2,8627
1943#1,63619
1942#2,04213
1941#2,20711
1940#1,98313
1939#2,8297
1938#2,8687
1937#2,6808
1936#3,5495
1935#2,12712
1934#2,12112
1933#3,0047
1932#1,99514
1931#2,6519
1930#1,82117
1929#3,2477
1928#2,04815
1927#3,1518
1926#1,98116
1925#2,19314
1924#2,22914
1923#1,64422
1922#1,76520
1921#2,50212
1920#1,96617
1919#1,75219
1918#1,28630
1917#1,90016
1916#1,64619
1915#1,70717
1914#1,97511
1913#1,9459
1912#1,52711
1911#1,7405
1910#1,5895
1909#1,1557
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902#1,1375
1901
1900
1899
1898#8857
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893#9076
1892#9566
1891
1890#8147
1889#8786
1888
1887
1886#8456
1885
1884#6639
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1884

The first year at least five boys were named Jens! It came in at #663, and was given to 9 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Jens
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 775 spots since 2024 (#4,433#5,208)
  • 933 spots since 2020 (#4,275#5,208)
  • 81 spots since 2015 (#5,289#5,208)
  • Biggest jump: 64 spots in 1890 (#878#814)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1884 at #663 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1889–1890
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,716
  • Highest: 1 in 12,716 boys born in 1884 were named Jens (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 94,893 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 13.0% of all boys named Jens (319) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s21#663 (1884)#795
1890s26#814 (1890)#891
1900s12#1,137 (1902)#1,146
1910s142#1,286 (1918)#1,707
1920s145#1,644 (1923)#2,273
1930s98#1,821 (1930)#2,565
1940s114#1,636 (1943)#2,318
1950s160#1,677 (1958)#2,064
1960s234#1,194 (1966)#1,702
1970s265#1,501 (1974)#1,823
1980s319#1,596 (1982)#1,884
1990s305#2,174 (1992)#2,524
2000s257#2,991 (2009)#3,744
2010s232#3,885 (2011)#4,300
2020s126#4,275 (2020)#4,693

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Jens in 1889

boys
#878
6 births · 1 in 18,430 boys

Top boys' names in 1889

  1. #1John8,548
  2. #2William7,772
  3. #3James5,020
  4. #4George4,430
  5. #5Charles4,199
  6. #6Frank2,975
  7. #7Joseph2,729
  8. #8Harry2,559
  9. #9Robert2,513
  10. #10Edward2,299
  11. #878Jens6
More about 1889

boys

110,580 boys got a published name in 1889; 1 in 18,430 of them was named Jens, which outranked 21.0% of the 1,111 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jens
  1. #789Werner7
  2. #789West7
  3. #789Winston7
  4. #878Jens6
  5. #878Alcide6
  6. #878Alger6
  7. #878Almon6
  8. #974Abie5
  9. #974Alphonsus5
  10. #974Alta5

Tied with 95 names at #878; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1888
Risers
  1. 506Connie#1,031#525
  2. 483Hamilton#917#434
  3. 482Ballard#1,031#549
  4. 453Bertie#917#464
  5. 450Essie#1,031#581
Fallers
  1. 510Wendell#464#974
  2. 469Melton#505#974
  3. 462Enos#416#878
  4. 394Ruby#580#974
  5. 394Webb#580#974

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1889