# Jenson (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jenson/  
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 | Danish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,876 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,849 / 27 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 15,251, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Jensen, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 5 | 14,183 |
| 1998 | 7 | 11,665 |
| 1999 | 5 | 15,452 |
| 2005 | 5 | 17,630 |
| 2014 | 5 | 17,704 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 83 | 1,762 |
| 2012 | 111 | 1,463 |
| 2013 | 111 | 1,479 |
| 2014 | 120 | 1,407 |
| 2015 | 135 | 1,312 |
| 2016 | 159 | 1,195 |
| 2017 | 168 | 1,134 |
| 2018 | 155 | 1,212 |
| 2019 | 174 | 1,125 |
| 2020 | 165 | 1,168 |
| 2021 | 182 | 1,121 |
| 2022 | 152 | 1,274 |
| 2023 | 131 | 1,406 |
| 2024 | 142 | 1,346 |
| 2025 | 140 | 1,348 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 966 | 67 |
| 2012 | 1,284 | 54 |
| 2013 | 1,055 | 58 |
| 2014 | 1,058 | 61 |
| 2015 | 1,223 | 48 |
| 2016 | 1,064 | 58 |
| 2017 | 1,099 | 58 |
| 2018 | 912 | 70 |
| 2019 | 797 | 75 |
| 2020 | 760 | 72 |
| 2021 | 579 | 103 |
| 2022 | 482 | 112 |
| 2023 | 438 | 123 |
| 2024 | 396 | 134 |
| 2025 | 371 | 140 |

## People named Jenson

- Jenson Button, British racing driver
- Jenson Brooksby, American tennis player (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.