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Jensen

Jensen: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“son of Jens”
Origin
Scandinavian
Say it
JEN-sen · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys (85% of all uses)

Jensen is a Scandinavian patronymic surname meaning “son of Jens,” with Jens being a Danish form of John. As a first name, it reflects modern surname-style usage.

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How popular is Jensen?

2024332 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Jensen in 20241,105

2024 rank#327 boys

Peak year2019

Total US babies since 188018,971

Jensen is rising: use over the last five years is 2.2× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Jensen

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • JohnYahweh is gracious · Hebrew
  • JackGod is gracious · English
  • Jacksonson of Jack · English
  • IanGod is gracious · Scottish Gaelic
  • Jaxonson of Jack · English
  • GiovanniGod is gracious · Italian
  • JuanYahweh is gracious · Hebrew
  • Evanthe Lord is gracious · Welsh

Jensen questions

What does the name Jensen mean?

Jensen means "son of Jens". It comes from Scandinavian. Jensen is a Scandinavian patronymic surname meaning “son of Jens,” with Jens being a Danish form of John. As a first name, it reflects modern surname-style usage.

Is Jensen a boy or girl name?

Jensen is mainly a boy's name in US records (85% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Jensen?

1,105 US babies were named Jensen in 2024. Its peak year was 2019.

How do you pronounce Jensen?

Jensen is usually pronounced JEN-sen.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.