NameTides

Jensen

Jensen was the #282 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,207 babies), and #267 in England & Wales and #463 in Canada.

Jensen as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Jensen as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanadaIreland
Jensen as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#282 (1,207)#267 (170)#298 (12)#212 (9)#676 (4)#463 (67)
2024#327 (1,059)#318 (137)#432 (7)#187 (11)—#400 (81)
2023#300 (1,113)#287 (156)#304 (12)#249 (7)—#497 (56)
2022#304 (1,105)#329 (132)#392 (8)#221 (9)—#425 (68)
2021#302 (1,095)#272 (169)#372 (9)#200 (11)#364 (10)#380 (80)
2020#302 (1,100)#248 (191)#239 (17)#213 (9)#741 (3)#404 (75)
2019#287 (1,194)#205 (248)#289 (13)#127 (20)#764 (3)#475 (59)
2018#293 (1,196)#238 (217)#247 (17)#255 (7)—#371 (85)
2017#336 (1,010)#200 (267)#291 (14)#140 (19)—#468 (61)
2016#367 (907)#195 (287)#355 (10)#281 (6)#713 (3)#467 (62)
2015#395 (791)#191 (299)#389 (8)#211 (10)—#495 (57)
2014#393 (793)#160 (359)#322 (12)#213 (10)—#443 (67)
2013#437 (660)#184 (305)#299 (13)#219 (9)#605 (4)#476 (59)
2012#510 (519)#191 (291)#500 (5)#204 (10)#616 (4)#505 (54)
2011#608 (400)#186 (299)#288 (13)#261 (6)#730 (3)#663 (37)

Jensen as a girl’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Jensen as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020US
Jensen as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSCanada
2025#2,256 (81)—
2024#3,119 (51)—
2023#2,517 (70)—
2022#2,463 (73)#2,315 (8)
2021#2,366 (76)—
2020#2,659 (63)#3,251 (5)
2019#2,593 (67)—
2018#2,361 (77)—
2017#3,192 (50)—
2016#3,060 (54)—
2015#2,382 (77)—
2014#2,615 (67)—
2013#3,218 (50)—
2012#3,213 (51)—
2011#4,915 (28)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #282.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1927.
  • In 2025, 6% of US babies named Jensen were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,400 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 920common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 20,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Jensen is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,300 to 1 in 1,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jensen by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #126MEWisconsin: #200WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #382WAIdaho: #282IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #191NDMinnesota: #263MNIllinois: #375ILMichigan: #288MINew York: #620NYMassachusetts: #555MAOregon: #529ORNevada: #323NVWyoming: #72WYSouth Dakota: #221SDIowa: #135IAIndiana: #146INOhio: #159OHPennsylvania: #269PANew Jersey: #576NJConnecticut: #440CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #494CAUtah: #233UTColorado: #468CONebraska: #228NEMissouri: #151MOKentucky: #187KYWest Virginia: #82WVVirginia: #234VAMaryland: #475MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #412AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #205KSArkansas: #134ARTennessee: #192TNNorth Carolina: #303NCSouth Carolina: #372SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #153OKLouisiana: #181LAMississippi: #281MSAlabama: #260ALGeorgia: #308GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #302TXFlorida: #323FL
Jensen (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#42929

Jensen (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JensenCanadaGirls—too few
JensenCanadaBoys#46367
JensenEngland & WalesBoys#267170
JensenIrelandBoys#6764
JensenNorthern IrelandBoys#2129
JensenScotlandBoys#29812
JensenUSGirls#2,25681
JensenUSBoys#2821,207