Jens

Popularity Trends

The name Jens is the #5,410 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,414 recorded births since 1884. This represents the 30.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 30.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,574 (43.8% percentile) for all time with 2,414 births since 1884.

Jens first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1884 (first recorded for boys in 1884). Birth data for Jens is available in 123 out of the 140 years between 1884 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For boys, Jens reached its peak popularity in 1966, achieving the 5.3% percentile (ranked #604) with 21 births per million. The name was most common in 1884, with 73 births per million (ranked 1.9% percentile). Despite a peak around 2020, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Jens ranks #894 for boys (1.9% percentile) with 12 births per million, which is 16.4% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jens".

1884 2023 18842023

Key Statistics

Total Births

2,414

Peak Births

Peak Year

1966

First Recorded

1884

Peak Percentile

5.3%

Current Percentile

1.9%

Peak Rank

#604

Current Rank

#894

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Jens", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Jens.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Jens's popularity from 1881 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Jens at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Jens range from Parthena at 57.2% correlation to Achsah at 43.3% correlation, with an average correlation level of 48.9%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Sada with 1.3K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Lulah with 53 births (100% girls).

Jens' share of births peaked at 73.3 births per million for boys in 1966. It reached its lowest point of 3 births per million (4% of peak) in 1952. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Jens had 12 births per million, 16% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Parthena

103

57.20% (moderate)

Telitha

207

54.26% (moderate)

Needham

328

53.02% (moderate)

Nealy

379

51.95% (moderate)

Teckla

220

48.79% (moderate)

Ruie

470

48.39% (moderate)

Dozier

361

46.89% (moderate)

Ethie

46.81% (moderate)

Vollie

452

45.81% (moderate)

Lulah

45.01% (moderate)

Sada

1,284

44.82% (moderate)

Achsah

43.32% (moderate)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Jens

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Jens. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 67.4% confident that Jens is pronounced as jehnz, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is yehns, at 18.6% confidence, with 1 syllables.

jehnz

67.4%

yehns

18.6%

yehnz

14.0%

jehnz (1 syllable)

Verified

67.4% confidence

JH EH1 N Z

yehns (1 syllable)

18.6% confidence

Y EH1 N S

yehnz (1 syllable)

14.0% confidence

Y EH1 N Z

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like JH EH1 N Z) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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