Jansen
Boy · JAN-sen · Germanic
Jansen is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “son of Jan”. In 2025 it ranked 3,378th for boys in the US (34 babies).
What does Jansen mean?
Germanic: Dutch and North German patronymic surname from Jan (John)
“son of Jan”
Jan is the Dutch form of John; Bishop Cornelius Jansen inspired the 17th-century Jansenist movement.
- Say it
- JAN-sen
Is Jansen a girl's or a boy's name?
Jansen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jansen in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 7 boys.
Jansen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
How popular is Jansen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,378among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 34 boys in the US were named Jansen, making it the 3,378th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,135th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 88 boys. It first appears in the records in 1958.
2025 had fewer boys named Jansen than any year since 1991.
Half of all the boys named Jansen in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 51 boys in the US were given Jansen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,185, up from #3,378 for this spelling alone.
- Jansen 34
- Janson 17
Jansen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #3,378 |
| 2024 | 45 | #2,835 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,175 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,149 |
| 2021 | 41 | #2,971 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,135 |
| 2019 | 47 | #2,693 |
| 2018 | 47 | #2,634 |
| 2017 | 59 | #2,239 |
| 2016 | 40 | #2,934 |
| 2015 | 47 | #2,599 |
| 2014 | 41 | #2,845 |
| 2013 | 45 | #2,621 |
| 2012 | 40 | #2,903 |
| 2011 | 42 | #2,797 |
| 2010 | 45 | #2,681 |
| 2009 | 40 | #2,945 |
| 2008 | 40 | #2,945 |
| 2007 | 59 | #2,235 |
| 2006 | 49 | #2,476 |
| 2005 | 50 | #2,321 |
| 2004 | 52 | #2,204 |
| 2003 | 38 | #2,616 |
| 2002 | 46 | #2,245 |
| 2001 | 57 | #1,908 |
| 2000 | 52 | #1,964 |
| 1999 | 56 | #1,775 |
| 1998 | 64 | #1,619 |
| 1997 | 66 | #1,547 |
| 1996 | 56 | #1,687 |
| 1995 | 53 | #1,677 |
| 1994 | 88 | #1,227 |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,002 |
| 1992 | 47 | #1,773 |
| 1991 | 26 | #2,600 |
| 1990 | 35 | #2,081 |
| 1989 | 35 | #2,022 |
| 1988 | 30 | #2,085 |
| 1987 | 24 | #2,329 |
| 1986 | 27 | #2,094 |
| 1985 | 31 | #1,865 |
| 1984 | 29 | #1,884 |
| 1983 | 20 | #2,407 |
| 1982 | 20 | #2,425 |
| 1981 | 27 | #1,995 |
| 1980 | 26 | #2,058 |
| 1979 | 18 | #2,567 |
| 1978 | 18 | #2,472 |
| 1977 | 21 | #2,202 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 11 | #2,989 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
Names like Jansen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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