Jensen
Pronounced JH EH1 N S AH0 N (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2018
- 98 years in use
- 2 spellings
How popular is Jensen?
Jensen is a boys' name, and first appears in 1927. It has been given to 22,060 children — the 774th most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2018, when 1,358 children were given it.
Two other spellings are counted in that total — Jenson and Jenssen — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Jensen and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Jenson
- Jenssen
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- JH EH1 N S AH0 N
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Jensen
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Jensen
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Jensen?
- Jensen ranks 774th among boys' names in US records, with 22,060 births since 1927. Over the past decade it accounts for 12,192.
- Is Jensen a unisex name?
- No. Jensen is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Jensen most popular?
- 2018, when 1,358 children were given the name. It has been in use for 98 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Jensen spelled?
- Jenson, Jenssen. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.