Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Jens” in the USA?

Number of people named “Jens” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Jens” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Jens” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Jens” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Jens” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Jens” by birth year

This chart shows how “Jens” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1884 9 0.000036967 9 -100%
1886 6 0.0000235 6 -100%
1889 6 0.000020765 6 -100%
1890 7 0.000023225 7 -100%
1892 6 0.000017944 6 -100%
1893 6 0.000018449 6 -100%
1898 7 0.000018351 7 -100%
1902 5 0.000012929 5 -100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 -100%
1910 5 0.000008464 5 -100%
1911 5 0.000007761 5 -100%
1912 11 0.000011133 11 -100%
1913 9 0.000007915 9 -100%
1914 11 0.000007766 11 -100%
1915 17 0.000009277 17 -100%
1916 19 0.000009822 19 -100%
1917 16 0.000007973 16 -100%
1918 30 0.000013818 30 -100%
1919 19 0.000009004 19 -100%
1920 17 0.000007513 17 -100%
1921 12 0.00000514 12 -100%
1922 20 0.000008737 20 -100%
1923 22 0.000009555 22 -100%
1924 14 0.000005878 14 -100%
1925 14 0.000006 14 -100%
1926 16 0.000006969 16 -100%
1927 8 0.000003449 8 -100%
1928 15 0.000006634 15 -100%
1929 7 0.000003193 7 -100%
1930 17 0.000007646 17 -100%
1931 9 0.000004277 9 -100%
1932 14 0.000006631 14 -100%
1933 7 0.000003501 7 -100%
1934 12 0.000005778 12 -100%
1935 12 0.000005742 12 -100%
1936 5 0.000002407 5 -100%
1937 8 0.000003755 8 -100%
1938 7 0.000003164 7 -100%
1939 7 0.000003177 7 -100%
1940 13 0.000005646 13 -100%
1941 11 0.000004515 11 -100%
1942 13 0.000004759 13 -100%
1943 19 0.000006731 19 -100%
1944 7 0.000002602 7 -100%
1945 6 0.000002262 6 -100%
1946 13 0.000004068 13 -100%
1947 14 0.000003886 14 -100%
1948 7 0.000002028 7 -100%
1949 11 0.000003157 11 -100%
1950 17 0.000004852 17 -100%
1951 14 0.0000038 14 -100%
1952 6 0.00000158 6 -100%
1953 20 0.00000519 20 -100%
1954 15 0.000003768 15 -100%
1955 15 0.000003736 15 -100%
1956 16 0.000003881 16 -100%
1957 15 0.00000357 15 -100%
1958 22 0.000005322 22 -100%
1959 20 0.00000481 20 -100%
1960 22 0.000005296 22 -100%
1961 19 0.000004587 19 -100%
1962 12 0.000002974 12 -100%
1963 26 0.000006569 26 -100%
1964 18 0.00000463 18 -100%
1965 19 0.000005241 19 -100%
1966 39 0.000011221 39 -100%
1967 26 0.000007659 26 -100%
1968 25 0.0000074 25 -100%
1969 28 0.000008057 28 -100%
1970 24 0.000006655 24 -100%
1971 27 0.000007866 27 -100%
1972 27 0.000008591 27 -100%
1973 25 0.000008287 25 -100%
1974 34 0.000011184 34 -100%
1975 23 0.000007617 23 -100%
1976 25 0.000008239 25 -100%
1977 21 0.000006611 21 -100%
1978 25 0.000007877 25 -100%
1979 34 0.000010219 34 -100%
1980 33 0.00000958 33 -100%
1981 32 0.00000925 32 -100%
1982 38 0.000010833 38 -100%
1983 34 0.000009817 34 -100%
1984 32 0.000009172 32 -100%
1985 26 0.000007285 26 -100%
1986 35 0.00000984 35 -100%
1987 26 0.000007211 26 -100%
1988 28 0.000007578 28 -100%
1989 36 0.000009364 36 -100%
1990 29 0.000007337 29 -100%
1991 22 0.000005648 22 -100%
1992 35 0.000009112 35 -100%
1993 32 0.000008487 32 -100%
1994 29 0.000007801 29 -100%
1995 28 0.000007646 28 -100%
1996 38 0.000010419 38 -100%
1997 27 0.000007447 27 -100%
1998 29 0.000007884 29 -100%
1999 37 0.000010017 37 -100%
2000 21 0.000005556 21 -100%
2001 27 0.000007213 27 -100%
2002 20 0.00000535 20 -100%
2003 23 0.000006049 23 -100%
2004 19 0.000004973 19 -100%
2005 27 0.000007022 27 -100%
2006 19 0.000004803 19 -100%
2007 26 0.000006504 26 -100%
2008 36 0.000009159 36 -100%
2009 39 0.000010209 39 -100%
2010 26 0.000007035 26 -100%
2011 26 0.000007108 26 -100%
2012 25 0.000006836 25 -100%
2013 24 0.000006583 24 -100%
2014 26 0.000007015 26 -100%
2015 17 0.000004593 17 -100%
2016 24 0.000006542 24 -100%
2017 23 0.000006431 23 -100%
2018 18 0.00000512 18 -100%
2019 23 0.000006626 23 -100%
2020 23 0.000006885 23 -100%
2021 19 0.000005608 19 -100%
2022 20 0.000005912 20 -100%
2023 23 0.000006946 23 -100%
2024 23 0.00000691 23 -100%

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