# Coen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/coen/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,523 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,506 / 17 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 735, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

* (Jewish): Variant of Cohen. * (given name): As a modern given name, also a variant of Koen.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | 15,763 |
| 2022 | 6 | 13,980 |
| 2023 | 6 | 13,814 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 202 | 974 |
| 2012 | 182 | 1,050 |
| 2013 | 152 | 1,181 |
| 2014 | 239 | 900 |
| 2015 | 242 | 898 |
| 2016 | 291 | 800 |
| 2017 | 238 | 901 |
| 2018 | 276 | 815 |
| 2019 | 200 | 1,034 |
| 2020 | 233 | 944 |
| 2021 | 216 | 1,017 |
| 2022 | 220 | 1,014 |
| 2023 | 213 | 1,026 |
| 2024 | 190 | 1,123 |
| 2025 | 134 | 1,376 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 26 | 1,024 |
| 2012 | 27 | 1,021 |
| 2013 | 35 | 850 |
| 2014 | 56 | 616 |
| 2015 | 66 | 565 |
| 2016 | 87 | 468 |
| 2017 | 45 | 761 |
| 2018 | 45 | 741 |
| 2019 | 41 | 768 |
| 2020 | 51 | 668 |
| 2021 | 43 | 771 |
| 2022 | 29 | 1,011 |
| 2023 | 34 | 910 |
| 2024 | 22 | 1,235 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,014 |

## People named Coen

- Coen Moulijn, Dutch footballer (1937–2011)
- Coen Dillen, Dutch footballer (1926-1990)
- Coen Vermeltfoort, Dutch road bicycle racer
- Coen van Vrijberghe de Coningh, Dutch actor, musician, composer, record producer and television presenter (1950–1997)
- Coen Niesten, Dutch bicycle racer
- Coen Zuidema, Dutch chess player
- Coen Janssen, Dutch musician
- Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater (1879–1954)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.