Jensen

Meaning: God is gracious
Origin: Danish (from Danish (patronymic of Jens, from Johannes/John))

Boy's name · #282 in the US (2025) · Trending

94% boys · 6% girls — Jensen is also given to girls: 81 in 2025, about 1 in 17 in recent years. Jensen →

Popularity over time

Jensen first appeared in 1927, vanished from the records entirely for 23 years, and since returning in 1954 has climbed back to #282. About 17,000 boys have carried it in all.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 45 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#225 in N. Ireland (2025) · #267 in England & Wales (2025) · #308 in Scotland (2025) · #685 in Ecuador (2025) · #741 in Ireland (2025) · #411 in Canada (2024).

Famous Jensens

Jensen Ackles — American actor
Jensen Huang — American entrepreneur and businessman; founder and CEO of Nvidia
Jensen Plowright — Australian cyclist (born 2000)
Jensen Atwood — American actor
Jensen Weir — English / Scottish association football player (born 2002)

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 116,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

Johannes V. Jensen — Danish author (1873–1950)
Johannes Hans Daniel Jensen — German nuclear physicist (1907–1973)
Siv Jensen — Norwegian politician

In stories & tradition

Jensen Ames^fr — Death Race (film)
Jensen — The Wild Duck

What Jensens become

Among 30 notable people named Jensen:

Entertainers appear 2.36× more often than among typical names — e.g. Jensen Ackles, American actor.

Similar names: Bowen · Jenson · Bodie · Kaysen · Benson · Colson

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