Is Jens a boy or girl name?

Jens is a boy’s name. Of the 2,456 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Jens

Recorded 1884–2025 · United States

Jens was most popular in 1966, when 39 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,895 that year. In 2025 it ranked #10,985, with 18 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,456 people named Jens.

Jens over time

Births per year. The dot marks Jens’s peak in 1966. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Jens a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Jens is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 2,456 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Jens

Where Jens is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org