Jensen

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⭐ Famous Jensen

Jensen Ackles

American actor

Choose Jensen and your child shares a first name with Jensen Ackles, an American actor. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Jensen, like who?” Jensen Ackles's Wikipedia article is available in 62 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 1,415 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Jensen, 1,207 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Jensen would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryJensen first shows up in US birth records in 1927, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 98 years since.
• 🏆Best yearJensen is at its all-time high right now: #282 in 2025.
• 📈Then vs nowJensen is 9.6× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 13,643 baby boys; in 2025, about 1 in 1,415.
• 🚀TrendJensen has climbed 20 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #282. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• 📍Where it's lovedJensen is most popular in Wyoming, where it ranks #72, followed by West Virginia (#82) and Maine (#126). It makes the top 1,000 in almost every state.
• 💬MeaningIn Danish, Jensen means “son of Jens”. Our records link it to Norwegian and Scandinavian roots.
• 🌍OriginJensen is the #2 most popular Norwegian boy name in the US. That's out of 19 Norwegian boy and unisex names in our list.

About the name Jensen

Jensen is a boy name of Norwegian and Scandinavian origin meaning “son of Jens”. It has 6 letters and 2 syllables, starting with J and ending in “-sen”. US birth records list Jensen for boys from 1927 to 2025, in 60 of those 99 years. Its best year was 2025, when it ranked #282 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #282, with 1,207 babies.

Origin:Norwegian namesScandinavian names