A name. A world of connections.

Jen

A given name in English, French and 2 more

unisexfeminineLatin script

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English (Southern England)

Origin: Not established
4 language contexts: English French Danish +1 more
Follow the evidence: 10 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Jen

Jen is a unisex given name documented in English, French, Danish and 1 other language. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it.

2 source accounts

Etymology in the sources

Source-reported

Usually a clipped or hypocoristic form of Jennifer, although also used for Jean, Jeanette, Jeannette, etc. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna in these secondary derivations.

Sources for this account (8)

Wiktionary: JenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: JenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spanish Wiktionary: JenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
French Wiktionary: JenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: JenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: JenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: JenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: JenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Explore 1 more accountHide additional accountsSource accounts may describe the same origin.

French Wiktionary accountSource-reportedUtilisation du prénom anglophone.

Utilisation du prénom anglophone.

Sources for this account (1)

French Wiktionary: JenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

02 / Across borders

Where Jen is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Jen’s connections around the world.

4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2015: 14 boys (rank 5999). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 15 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Jen

Region and dataset

Latest · 2009: 5; applications; Rank #17,294
Peak year: 1959; 14 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Jen in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	5	5,009	observed
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	5	4,331	observed
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	5	4,255	observed
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	6	3,782	observed
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	7	3,687	observed
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	6	4,417	observed
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	6	4,651	observed
1949	7	4,235	observed
1950	9	3,662	observed
1951	6	4,833	observed
1952	13	3,040	observed
1953	8	4,226	observed
1954	10	3,718	observed
1955	7	4,740	observed
1956	9	4,161	observed
1957	5	6,086	observed
1958	8	4,520	observed
1959	14	3,254	observed
1960	5	6,390	observed
1961	6	5,851	observed
1962	12	3,782	observed
1963	12	3,801	observed
1964	6	6,009	observed
1965	5	6,539	observed
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	5	6,804	observed
1968	11	4,222	observed
1969	6	6,617	observed
1970	13	4,246	observed
1971	13	4,311	observed
1972	6	7,292	observed
1973	11	4,871	observed
1974	9	5,776	observed
1975	no value	no value	not covered
1976	9	6,048	observed
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	5	9,750	observed
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	5	10,392	observed
1981	no value	no value	not covered
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	6	10,847	observed
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	5	13,147	observed
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	no value	no value	not covered
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	5	13,724	observed
1998	no value	no value	not covered
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	8	11,020	observed
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	8	11,624	observed
2005	6	14,502	observed
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	5	17,294	observed
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Jen” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Jen Psaki
born 1978
American political advisor and White House Press Secretary from 2021 to 2022 (born 1978)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Jen Ledger
born 1989
British drummer and singer
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Jen Beattie
born 1991
Scottish association football player
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Jen with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms9

Wikidata Q50822531CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: JenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: JenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: JenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Spanish Wiktionary: JenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: JenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: JenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: JenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: JenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Jen.wavCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates5

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Jen

Jen is a unisex given name documented in English, French, Danish and 1 other language. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it.

2 source accounts

Etymology in the sources

Source-reported

Sources for this account (8)

Wiktionary: JenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: JenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spanish Wiktionary: JenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
French Wiktionary: JenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: JenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: JenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: JenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: JenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Explore 1 more accountHide additional accountsSource accounts may describe the same origin.

French Wiktionary accountSource-reportedUtilisation du prénom anglophone.

Utilisation du prénom anglophone.

Sources for this account (1)

French Wiktionary: JenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Where Jen is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Jen’s connections around the world.

4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2015: 14 boys (rank 5999). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 15 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Jen

Region and dataset

Latest · 2009: 5; applications; Rank #17,294
Peak year: 1959; 14 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Jen in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	5	5,009	observed
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	5	4,331	observed
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	5	4,255	observed
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	6	3,782	observed
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	7	3,687	observed
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	6	4,417	observed
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	6	4,651	observed
1949	7	4,235	observed
1950	9	3,662	observed
1951	6	4,833	observed
1952	13	3,040	observed
1953	8	4,226	observed
1954	10	3,718	observed
1955	7	4,740	observed
1956	9	4,161	observed
1957	5	6,086	observed
1958	8	4,520	observed
1959	14	3,254	observed
1960	5	6,390	observed
1961	6	5,851	observed
1962	12	3,782	observed
1963	12	3,801	observed
1964	6	6,009	observed
1965	5	6,539	observed
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	5	6,804	observed
1968	11	4,222	observed
1969	6	6,617	observed
1970	13	4,246	observed
1971	13	4,311	observed
1972	6	7,292	observed
1973	11	4,871	observed
1974	9	5,776	observed
1975	no value	no value	not covered
1976	9	6,048	observed
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	5	9,750	observed
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	5	10,392	observed
1981	no value	no value	not covered
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	6	10,847	observed
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	5	13,147	observed
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	no value	no value	not covered
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	5	13,724	observed
1998	no value	no value	not covered
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	8	11,020	observed
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	8	11,624	observed
2005	6	14,502	observed
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	5	17,294	observed
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Jen Psaki
born 1978
American political advisor and White House Press Secretary from 2021 to 2022 (born 1978)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Jen Ledger
born 1989
British drummer and singer
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Jen Beattie
born 1991
Scottish association football player
Wikipedia Wikidata source

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms9

Wikidata Q50822531CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: JenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: JenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: JenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Spanish Wiktionary: JenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: JenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: JenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: JenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: JenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Jen.wavCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates5

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Jen

About Jen

Etymology in the sources

Where Jen is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Jen Psaki

Jen Ledger

Jen Beattie

Jenessa

Jenna

Jenny

Jenn

Jennifer

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

Jen

About Jen

Etymology in the sources

Where Jen is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Jen Psaki

Jen Ledger

Jen Beattie

Jenessa

Jenna

Jenny

Jenn

Jennifer

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Jen

Etymology in the sources

Where Jen is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Jen Psaki

Jen Ledger

Jen Beattie

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Jen

Etymology in the sources

Where Jen is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Jen Psaki

Jen Ledger

Jen Beattie

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page