Jens
Jens is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 23 births. Its best rank was 680th, in 1884.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 230.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 196639 births
- Best rank
- #680in 1884
- Since 1884
- 2,440people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,440 boys have been named Jens in the United States since 1884, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1966, with 39 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1980, and the 1980s alone account for 13%. It has spent 6 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Jens | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 21 | |
| 1890s | 26 | |
| 1900s | 12 | |
| 1910s | 142 | |
| 1920s | 145 | |
| 1930s | 98 | |
| 1940s | 114 | |
| 1950s | 160 | |
| 1960s | 234 | |
| 1970s | 265 | |
| 1980s | 320 | |
| 1990s | 306 | |
| 2000s | 257 | |
| 2010s | 232 | |
| 2020s | 108 |
In 1966, its biggest year
Jens was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1966 were Michael, David, James, John and Robert. See all of 1966.
Names that rose and fell with Jens
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Marshalpeak 1999
- Jeffersonpeak 2009
- Samuelpeak 2001
- Joesephpeak 1998
- Victorpeak 1990
- Jessepeak 1981
- Claytonpeak 2000
- Hanspeak 1970
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.