Jen
Boy · JEN · Chinese
Jen is a boys' name of Chinese origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Jen mean?
Chinese: older Wade-Giles spelling of the Mandarin name Ren
The meaning depends on the Chinese character used; a common one, ren, means benevolence or humaneness.
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Is Jen a girl's or a boy's name?
Jen is a boys' name.
How popular is Jen in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1985.
Half of all the boys named Jen in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
Names like Jen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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