Jansen
Jansen was the 3404th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 34 babies. Its best year was 1994, when it ranked 1235th with 88 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 781 places. More babies were named Jansen in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,404 boys, down 240 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 34boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 199488 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,338babies recorded
Jansen popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 214 since 1982.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,404 | 34 |
| 2020 | #3,164 | 36 |
| 2010 | #2,704 | 45 |
| 2000 | #1,980 | 52 |
| 1990 | #2,103 | 35 |
| 1980 | #2,083 | 26 |
| 1970 | #4,469 | 6 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Jansen, counting every spelling?
Jansen is the most common spelling of a name family that had 51 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 51 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jansen | 34 | #3,404 | 196 |
| Janson | 17 | #5,487 | 103 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Jansen?
34 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Jansen (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Jansen born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 247 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Jansen.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Jansen?
About 2,100 people born in the US named Jansen are alive today, with a median age of 24; half are between 13 and 33. That makes Jansen mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Jansen by state
How common Jansen was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 47 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Jansen: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Jansen, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Jansen
How popular is the name Jansen?
Jansen was the 3404th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 34 babies. Its best year was 1994, when it ranked 1235th with 88 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 781 places. More babies were named Jansen in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Jansen a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Jansen in the US.
Where is Jansen most popular?
In 2021–2025, Jansen was most common in Kentucky (0.06 per 1,000 boys), followed by Missouri and Pennsylvania.