Jens
Boy · YENS · Hebrew
Jens is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Jens mean?
Hebrew: Danish and North German form of John
“God is gracious”
A contracted form of Johannes used mainly in Denmark, Norway and northern Germany.
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Is Jens a girl's or a boy's name?
Jens is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jens in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 6 boys.
Jens in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #4,616 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Jens in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Jens, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 1966, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 1884.
2025 had fewer boys named Jens than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Jens in the US since 1880 were born between 1953 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jens in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,198 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,000 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,883 |
| 2010 | 26 | #3,893 |
| 2009 | 39 | #2,990 |
| 2008 | 36 | #3,163 |
| 2007 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 27 | #3,524 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 23 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 20 | #4,038 |
| 2001 | 27 | #3,223 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 37 | #2,395 |
| 1998 | 29 | #2,779 |
| 1997 | 27 | #2,819 |
| 1996 | 38 | #2,178 |
| 1995 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1994 | 29 | #2,551 |
| 1993 | 32 | #2,341 |
| 1992 | 35 | #2,169 |
| 1991 | 22 | #2,909 |
| 1990 | 29 | #2,368 |
| 1989 | 36 | #1,988 |
| 1988 | 28 | #2,192 |
| 1987 | 26 | #2,211 |
| 1986 | 35 | #1,758 |
| 1985 | 26 | #2,115 |
| 1984 | 32 | #1,763 |
| 1983 | 33 | #1,710 |
| 1982 | 38 | #1,595 |
| 1981 | 32 | #1,765 |
| 1980 | 33 | #1,726 |
| 1979 | 34 | #1,670 |
| 1978 | 25 | #1,965 |
| 1977 | 21 | #2,202 |
| 1976 | 25 | #1,931 |
| 1975 | 23 | #2,000 |
| 1974 | 34 | #1,501 |
| 1973 | 25 | #1,782 |
| 1972 | 27 | #1,680 |
| 1971 | 27 | #1,704 |
| 1970 | 24 | #1,793 |
| 1969 | 28 | #1,526 |
| 1968 | 25 | #1,573 |
| 1967 | 26 | #1,506 |
| 1966 | 39 | #1,193 |
| 1965 | 19 | #1,805 |
| 1964 | 18 | #1,899 |
| 1963 | 26 | #1,547 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 1961 | 19 | #1,875 |
| 1960 | 22 | #1,727 |
| 1959 | 20 | #1,805 |
| 1958 | 22 | #1,676 |
| 1957 | 15 | #2,092 |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,014 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,047 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,043 |
| 1953 | 20 | #1,708 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,054 |
| 1950 | 17 | #1,814 |
| 1949 | 11 | #2,336 |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,075 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,029 |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,861 |
| 1943 | 19 | #1,635 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,041 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,207 |
| 1940 | 13 | #1,983 |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,680 |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,127 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,121 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 1932 | 14 | #1,995 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 17 | #1,821 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,048 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,150 |
| 1926 | 16 | #1,981 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,192 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,229 |
| 1923 | 22 | #1,643 |
| 1922 | 20 | #1,765 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,501 |
| 1920 | 17 | #1,965 |
| 1919 | 19 | #1,751 |
| 1918 | 30 | #1,285 |
| 1917 | 16 | #1,899 |
| 1916 | 19 | #1,645 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,706 |
| 1914 | 11 | #1,974 |
| 1913 | 9 | #1,944 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,526 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,155 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 7 | #884 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 6 | #906 |
| 1892 | 6 | #955 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 7 | #814 |
| 1889 | 6 | #878 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 6 | #845 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 9 | #663 |
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