Jens

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: German

Meaning

Jens is a male given name and a Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic, Faroese and Frisian derivative of Johannes. It was the top given name for boys in Denmark in 2008.

From Wikipedia

Jens first appears in the data in 1949 and has been recorded in 57 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2012 with 391 babies (rank #29 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Jens

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Jens yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

6,349
Total babies (all years)
57
Years in the data
391
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19491#35
19561#844
19571#877
19581#928
19603#769
19622#891
19632#900
19642#887
19658#619
19665#732
19672#961
19682#988
19694#854
19704#845
19723#909
19736#728
19748#680
19757#688
197610#604
197718#452
197817#474
197918#473
198011#620
198115#536
198217#508
198319#467
198437#330
198535#350
198639#339
198744#327
198853#280
198954#286
199048#328
199148#329
199256#299
199367#259
199489#208
1995116#176
1996118#167
1997105#176
1998133#159
1999156#134
2000171#124
2001237#85
2002327#56
2003312#58
2004317#54
2005363#40
2006352#45
2007346#43
2008346#40
2009346#39
2010346#40
2011359#35
2012391#29
2013369#30
2014382#30