Jantzen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JANT-sen
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Jantzen is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “son of Jan”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Jantzen mean?
Germanic: Low German and Dutch patronymic surname, a form of Jansen
“son of Jan”
A Low German and Dutch surname meaning son of Jan, related to Jansen.
Is Jantzen a girl's or a boy's name?
Jantzen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jantzen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Jantzen, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 32 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
2025 had more boys named Jantzen than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Jantzen in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jantzen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,733 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 21 | #3,186 |
| 1994 | 32 | #2,387 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,362 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 27 | #2,538 |
| 1990 | 23 | #2,774 |
| 1989 | 23 | #2,684 |
| 1988 | 21 | #2,677 |
| 1987 | 19 | #2,721 |
| 1986 | 21 | #2,508 |
| 1985 | 25 | #2,170 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,705 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
Names like Jantzen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jensen, Jayden, Jordan, Josue, Jaylen, Jackson, Jacob, Arjun, Holden, Tristan, Jonah, Liam
Names related to Jantzen
More Germanic names
Amelia, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jantzen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jantzen, updated 20 October 2026.