Spellings

Jensen or Jenson?

In the US in 2025, 86% of babies in this name family were spelled Jensen and 10% Jenson. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.

Ten years ago

Jensen already led in 2015, with 83% of the family's births; it has 87% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 949 to 1,391 births (+47%).

Births by spelling, 2015 and 2025
Spelling20152025Change
Jensen7911,207+53%
Jenson135140steady
Jensyn2344+91%

How they sound

  • Jensen /ˈdʒɛnsən/ (JEN-sun)
  • Jenson /ˈdʒɛnsən/ (JEN-sen)
  • Jensyn /ˈdʒɛnsɪn/ (JEN-sin)

In France

In France in 2025: Jensen 5 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.

Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.

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