Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Danish usage, Jessen as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to JES.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jessen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 365
- 365 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,868 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −52%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,868 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 397 as a first name in 2020; 4,242 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jessen’s family of names
In Danish usage, Jessen as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to JES.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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