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How popular is the name Jens?
Births per year, rank history and how many Jenses are alive today.
Jens (male) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2016 (ranked 3478th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. The name peaked in 2006, when 6 babies were given the name, the 2538th most popular that year. Common short forms of Jens include Jack and Jax.
The Jens you are most likely to meet is around 31 years old - or else around 11: the name has two living generations. Half of all Jenses born in England and Wales are between 12 and 32, and there are at least 110 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Jens - on average, only one in every 2,755 such rooms contains a Jens.
How many babies are named Jens each year?
Where does Jens rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Jens most popular?
Jens peaked in 2006, when 6 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Jens?
At least 110 people named Jens born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Jens?
Most living Jenses are between 12 and 32; the most common age is about 31. There is a second cluster around 11.
Is Jens becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.