Jens vs Odin
Jens and Odincompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.
Head to head
Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.
Norway · Boys
In 2025, Jens was ranked #30 and Odin #31 among boys in Norway.
England and Wales · Boys
In 2016, Jens was ranked #3478 and Odin #580 among boys in England and Wales.
Jens and Odin over time
Jens and Odin appear together in 2 published lists, across 69 years of shared records. Neither was ahead in more lists than the other.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Each reached its own highest recorded position first in 1 of the lists they share.
Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.
How this pair is related
The relationship kinds these two qualify for, each under its own stated rule. Every one is drawn from a list they both appear in.
- Longest-running competitions
Jens and Odin were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 59 years, from 1946 to 2025, ending at #30 and #31.
List by list
Norway · Boys59 shared years, 1946–2025
Jens held the stronger position in 37 of those years, Odin in 22.
Highest recorded here: Jens #30 in 2025, Odin #31 in 2014.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Jens #30, Odin #31.
England and Wales · Boys10 shared years, 1996–2016
Jens held the stronger position in 1 of those years, Odin in 8.
Highest recorded here: Jens #2020 in 1996, Odin #580 in 2016.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2016: Jens #3478, Odin #580.
Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.
Side by side
| Field | Jens | Odin |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Editorially researched profile |
| Gender usage | male | male |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | From Old Norse Óðinn, connected to the root 'óðr' meaning 'frenzied, furious, inspired'. The supreme god of war, wisdom and death in Norse mythology, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz. |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Old Norse |
| Pronunciation | /ˈoʊ.dɪn/ | |
| Syllables | 1 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, NO | GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #30 (2025) | Norway · Boys #31 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | 90/100 |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 60/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Odin has a recorded origin (Old Norse); Jens does not have one recorded yet.
- Jens has 1 syllable, compared with 2 for Odin.
- A meaning is recorded for Odin; Jens doesn't have one written yet.
- Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, NO.
How each name got here
Jens
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #58 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #30 among boys in Norway, in 2025 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #30 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Odin
Popularity journey
First recorded1946
First recorded at #361 among boys in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1946–2025
Highest recorded position: #31 among boys in Norway, in 2014 (recorded 1946–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #462 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys