Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Jens

#2,768 most common boys' name of all time · #6,680 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1884–2025

Rank among boys
#2,768
Rank overall
#6,680 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
125 of 146
All-time
2,456
Since 2016
214
Peak year
1966 #1,205
Best rank
#698 1884
Girls Boys peak 39/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Jens first appears in 1884. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 18 18 #5,217
2024 — 23 23 #4,436
2023 — 23 23 #4,464
2022 — 20 20 #4,856
2021 — 19 19 #4,947
2020 — 23 23 #4,284
2019 — 23 23 #4,347
2018 — 18 18 #5,114
2017 — 23 23 #4,339
2016 — 24 24 #4,210
2015 — 17 17 #5,300
2014 — 26 26 #3,898
2013 — 24 24 #4,076
2012 — 25 25 #4,013
2011 — 26 26 #3,891
2010 — 26 26 #3,902
2009 — 39 39 #2,992
2008 — 36 36 #3,168
2007 — 26 26 #3,899
2006 — 19 19 #4,687
2005 — 27 27 #3,535
2004 — 19 19 #4,431
2003 — 23 23 #3,743
2002 — 20 20 #4,055
2001 — 27 27 #3,237
2000 — 21 21 #3,774
1999 — 37 37 #2,401
1998 — 29 29 #2,791
1997 — 27 27 #2,830
1996 — 38 38 #2,187
1995 — 27 27 #2,687
1994 — 29 29 #2,560
1993 — 32 32 #2,353
1992 — 35 35 #2,181
1991 — 22 22 #2,923
1990 — 29 29 #2,385
1989 — 36 36 #2,004
1988 — 28 28 #2,211
1987 — 26 26 #2,231
1986 — 35 35 #1,767
1985 — 26 26 #2,127
1984 — 32 32 #1,772
1983 — 33 33 #1,719
1982 — 38 38 #1,600
1981 — 32 32 #1,781
1980 — 33 33 #1,731
1979 — 34 34 #1,679
1978 — 25 25 #1,976
1977 — 21 21 #2,219
1976 — 25 25 #1,949
1975 — 23 23 #2,012
1974 — 34 34 #1,506
1973 — 25 25 #1,786
1972 — 27 27 #1,685
1971 — 27 27 #1,714
1970 — 24 24 #1,813
1969 — 28 28 #1,540
1968 — 25 25 #1,582
1967 — 26 26 #1,519
1966 — 39 39 #1,205
1965 — 19 19 #1,820
1964 — 18 18 #1,923
1963 — 26 26 #1,559
1962 — 12 12 #2,399
1961 — 19 19 #1,898
1960 — 22 22 #1,740
1959 — 20 20 #1,828
1958 — 22 22 #1,689
1957 — 15 15 #2,118
1956 — 16 16 #2,036
1955 — 15 15 #2,078
1954 — 15 15 #2,059
1953 — 20 20 #1,729
1952 — 6 6 #3,426
1951 — 14 14 #2,078
1950 — 17 17 #1,831
1949 — 11 11 #2,365
1948 — 7 7 #3,068
1947 — 14 14 #2,098
1946 — 13 13 #2,054
1945 — 6 6 #3,049
1944 — 7 7 #2,907
1943 — 19 19 #1,656
1942 — 13 13 #2,068
1941 — 11 11 #2,245
1940 — 13 13 #2,016
1939 — 7 7 #2,884
1938 — 7 7 #2,924
1937 — 8 8 #2,721
1936 — 5 5 #3,623
1935 — 12 12 #2,154
1934 — 12 12 #2,160
1933 — 7 7 #3,043
1932 — 14 14 #2,025
1931 — 9 9 #2,697
1930 — 17 17 #1,836
1929 — 7 7 #3,287
1928 — 15 15 #2,082
1927 — 8 8 #3,196
1926 — 16 16 #2,010
1925 — 14 14 #2,224
1924 — 14 14 #2,258
1923 — 22 22 #1,658
1922 — 20 20 #1,787
1921 — 12 12 #2,527
1920 — 17 17 #1,996
1919 — 19 19 #1,768
1918 — 30 30 #1,296
1917 — 16 16 #1,926
1916 — 19 19 #1,662
1915 — 17 17 #1,728
1914 — 11 11 #2,008
1913 — 9 9 #1,986
1912 — 11 11 #1,563
1911 — 5 5 #1,819
1910 — 5 5 #1,664
1909 — 7 7 #1,216
1902 — 5 5 #1,235
1898 — 7 7 #968
1893 — 6 6 #1,002
1892 — 6 6 #1,029
1890 — 7 7 #869
1889 — 6 6 #949
1886 — 6 6 #932
1884 — 9 9 #698