Jessen
Boy · JES-en · Scandinavian
Jessen is a boys' name of Scandinavian origin, meaning “son of Jes”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Jessen mean?
Scandinavian: Danish and North German surname, son of Jes
“son of Jes”
A Danish and North German surname meaning son of Jes, also used as a modern given name.
- Say it
- JES-en
Is Jessen a girl's or a boy's name?
Jessen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jessen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Jessen, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the boys named Jessen in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jessen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
Names like Jessen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jensen Jaylen Jackson Jayden Holden Jordan Johan Jacob Jonah Mason Soren Austin
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