How Many People Are Named Jens?
people named Jens are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 189,040 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,456 babies named Jens in Social Security records from 1884 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
39 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Danish form of JOHN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Jens in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jens alive today is about 36 years old, and 45% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 18 and 52 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jens first appears in the records in 1884 and was given most often in 1966, to 39 babies. In 2025, 18 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1884 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jens has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #680, in 1884. In 2025 it ranked #5,296.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,296 |
| Best rank | #680 (1884) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,874 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jens alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jens were born in California than in any other state: about 134 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jens was given 16.3 times as often in Utah, 9.3 times in Minnesota and 3.5 times in California.
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