Jensen

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Jensen: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Jensen: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #127 in 2019, and it stood at #676 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
54times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#127highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1765
1997	#2022
1998	#1367
1999	#1199
2000	#415
2001	#365
2002	#493
2003	#317
2004	#277
2005	#331
2006	#282
2007	#291
2008	#349
2009	#245
2010	#203
2011	#186
2012	#191
2013	#184
2014	#160
2015	#191
2016	#195
2017	#200
2018	#238
2019	#205
2020	#248
2021	#272
2022	#329
2023	#287
2024	#318

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #187 among boys in Northern Ireland, #318 among boys in England and Wales, #432 among boys in Scotland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1765 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2009–2024
Highest recorded position: #127 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2019 (recorded 2009–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Jensen appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 4,648 births with the name.

Jensen across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Jensen's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1765 (1996)	#160 (2014)	#318 (2024)	29 of 29	4,648 (1996–2024)	359 (2014)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#329 (2009)	#127 (2019)	#187 (2024)	16 of 16	156 (2009–2024)	20 (2019)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#730 (2011)	#364 (2021)	#676 (2025)	8 of 15	34 (2011–2025)	10 (2021)

Jensen by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Jensen in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	31	4 of 10	8
2000s	1,009	10 of 10	101
2010sbusiest	2,823	10 of 10	282
2020s	785	5 of 10	157

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 282 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2009 and 2010, when recorded births rose by 72, from 179 to 251.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Jensen appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #127 in Northern Ireland in 2019.

Jensen's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#318	137	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#287	156	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#329	132	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#272	169	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#248	191	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#205	248	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#238	217	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#200	267	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#195	287	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#191	299	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#160	359	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#184	305	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#191	291	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#186	299	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#203	251	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#245	179	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#349	111	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#291	132	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#282	127	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#331	96	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#277	114	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#317	88	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#493	44	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#365	66	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#415	52	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1199	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1367	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#187	11	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#249	7	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#221	9	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#200	11	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#213	9	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#127	20	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#255	7	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#140	19	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#281	6	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#211	10	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#213	10	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#219	9	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#204	10	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#261	6	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#230	8	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#329	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#364	10	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#605	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#616	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#432	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #127, first reached in 2019.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 359 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2009, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Arian · #127, 35y
Maddie · #127, 30y
Dawson · #126, 28y
Rocco · #126, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Alida · #127, 35y
Maddie · #127, 30y
Zakariya · #127, 29y
Dawson · #126, 28y

Jensen was ranked #127 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2019. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Jensen and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Jensen without appearing here.

Jensen moved ahead of

Robyn Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1765 and #1765 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #415 and #3036.
Kim Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1367 and #1367 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #1199 and #2943.
Leif Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1765 and #1591 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #1199 and #2943.
Kelly Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2022 and #1454 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #365 and #1467.

Moved ahead of Jensen

Teddy Compare
In 2017 they stood at #140 and #157 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #255 and #104.
Hugo Compare
In 2019 they stood at #127 and #169 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2020 that had become #213 and #119.
Ezra Compare
In 2014 they stood at #213 and #264 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #211 and #126.
Albie Compare
In 2019 they stood at #127 and #178 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2020 that had become #213 and #132.

Moved the opposite way to Jensen

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jensen went from #1765 to #318 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jensen went from #1765 to #318 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jensen went from #1765 to #318 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jensen went from #1765 to #318 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Jensen

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jensen went from #1765 to #318 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jensen went from #1765 to #318 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jensen went from #1765 to #318 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jensen went from #1765 to #318 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #127 in Northern Ireland in 2019. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Jensen

Jensen at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jensen across 3 official records

Jensen by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Jensen appears in

Popularity data

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Jensen across 3 official records

Jensen by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Jensen appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Jensen

Jensen and the names beside it

Jensen moved ahead of

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