Cohen Boy
How popular is Cohen?
#225 boy name in 2025
1,590 baby boys were named Cohen in the US in 2025, making it the 225th most popular boy name. Another 37 girls got the name (#3,902 for girls).
Cohen popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #225 for boys (▲ 14 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,590 boys, 37 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+56% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #336 in 2015, #286 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (1,590 boys) |
| Highest rank | #225 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1912 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 98% boys, 2% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Cohen counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Cohen family of names ranked #139 for boys in 2025 (#146 the year before), with 2,797 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cohen | 1,590 | 57% |
| Kohen | 1,143 | 41% |
| Cohan | 24 | 1% |
| Kohan | 20 | 1% |
| Kohyn | 20 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Cohen is most popular
Babies named Cohen per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- North Dakota: 3.2 per 1,000 (55 boys)
- West Virginia: 3.1 per 1,000 (102 boys)
- Louisiana: 2.5 per 1,000 (254 boys)
- Arkansas: 2.5 per 1,000 (157 boys)
- South Dakota: 2.4 per 1,000 (45 boys)
Cohen by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 35 | #2,495 |
| 1920s | 61 | #2,346 |
| 1930s | 10 | #3,479 |
| 1940s | 22 | #2,742 |
| 1950s | 10 | #3,941 |
| 1960s | 5 | #4,032 |
| 1970s | 14 | #4,401 |
| 1980s | 40 | #3,700 |
| 1990s | 246 | #1,821 |
| 2000s | 4,530 | #326 |
| 2010s | 9,949 | #299 |
| 2020s | 8,118 | #225 |
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Questions
- Is Cohen a boy or girl name?
- Cohen is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Cohen were boys.
- How popular is the name Cohen?
- 1,590 baby boys were named Cohen in the US in 2025, making it the 225th most popular boy name. Another 37 girls got the name (#3,902 for girls).
- When was Cohen most popular?
- Cohen peaked in 2025, when 1,590 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #225 in 2025.
- How many people are named Cohen?
- 23,429 babies have been named Cohen in the US since 1880. We estimate about 23,149 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Cohen most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Cohen was most common in North Dakota, at 3.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.