# Jens (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jens/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,456 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,456 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 41, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 26 | 3,941 |
| 2012 | 25 | 4,071 |
| 2013 | 24 | 4,121 |
| 2014 | 26 | 3,954 |
| 2015 | 17 | 5,393 |
| 2016 | 24 | 4,249 |
| 2017 | 23 | 4,386 |
| 2018 | 18 | 5,193 |
| 2019 | 23 | 4,402 |
| 2020 | 23 | 4,336 |
| 2021 | 19 | 5,008 |
| 2022 | 20 | 4,923 |
| 2023 | 23 | 4,530 |
| 2024 | 23 | 4,491 |
| 2025 | 18 | 5,298 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 5 | 2,020 |
| 1997 | 4 | 2,337 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,036 |
| 2006 | 6 | 2,538 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3,687 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |

## People named Jens

- Jens Lehmann, German association football player (born 1969)
- Jens Christian Skou, Danish chemist (1918-2018)
- Jens Peter Jacobsen, Danish novelist, poet, scientist (1847-1885)
- Jens Nowotny, German association football player
- Jens Otto Krag, Danish politician (1914-1978)
- Jens Stryger Larsen, Danish footballer
- Jens Fink-Jensen, Danish writer
- Jens Jeremies, German association football player
- Jens Juel, Danish painter (1745-1802)
- Jens Hundseid, 20th Prime Minister of Norway (1883–1965)
- Jens Hegeler, German footballer
- Jens Jønsson, Danish association football player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.