Masculine dossier · first seen 1884

Jens

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Jens
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1966

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1884Peak 19662024

Peak year

1966

Decline from peak

41%

2024

All-time

2,440

Jens has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1966, when 39 boys were named Jens.

In 2024, only 23 boys were given the name.

Down 41% from its peak.

All told, about 2,440 Americans have been named Jens and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1884.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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