# Jensen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jensen/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | Danish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈd͡ʒɛnsən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Jenson |
| US babies named this | 20,268 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 17,347 / 2,921 (14% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,818, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Danish Jensen.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 28 | 4,983 |
| 2012 | 51 | 3,240 |
| 2013 | 50 | 3,235 |
| 2014 | 67 | 2,631 |
| 2015 | 77 | 2,390 |
| 2016 | 54 | 3,080 |
| 2017 | 50 | 3,218 |
| 2018 | 77 | 2,374 |
| 2019 | 67 | 2,615 |
| 2020 | 63 | 2,670 |
| 2021 | 76 | 2,375 |
| 2022 | 73 | 2,477 |
| 2023 | 70 | 2,533 |
| 2024 | 51 | 3,138 |
| 2025 | 81 | 2,266 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 400 | 608 |
| 2012 | 519 | 512 |
| 2013 | 660 | 437 |
| 2014 | 793 | 393 |
| 2015 | 791 | 395 |
| 2016 | 907 | 367 |
| 2017 | 1,010 | 336 |
| 2018 | 1,196 | 293 |
| 2019 | 1,194 | 288 |
| 2020 | 1,100 | 302 |
| 2021 | 1,095 | 303 |
| 2022 | 1,105 | 304 |
| 2023 | 1,113 | 301 |
| 2024 | 1,059 | 328 |
| 2025 | 1,207 | 282 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 299 | 186 |
| 2012 | 291 | 191 |
| 2013 | 305 | 184 |
| 2014 | 359 | 160 |
| 2015 | 299 | 191 |
| 2016 | 287 | 195 |
| 2017 | 267 | 200 |
| 2018 | 217 | 238 |
| 2019 | 248 | 205 |
| 2020 | 191 | 248 |
| 2021 | 169 | 272 |
| 2022 | 132 | 329 |
| 2023 | 156 | 287 |
| 2024 | 137 | 318 |
| 2025 | 170 | 267 |

## People named Jensen

- Jensen Ackles, American actor
- Jensen Huang, American entrepreneur and businessman; co-founder and CEO of Nvidia
- Jensen Daggett, actress
- Jensen Plowright, Australian cyclist (born 2000)

## 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.