# Cohen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cohen/  
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 | “cohen” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkoʊən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 23,429 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 23,040 / 389 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,576, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hebrew כֹּהֵן (kohén, “cohen”).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 9,874 |
| 2012 | 8 | 12,471 |
| 2013 | 12 | 9,156 |
| 2014 | 16 | 7,390 |
| 2015 | 12 | 9,074 |
| 2016 | 17 | 6,975 |
| 2017 | 21 | 5,874 |
| 2018 | 20 | 6,073 |
| 2019 | 31 | 4,464 |
| 2020 | 25 | 5,047 |
| 2021 | 40 | 3,750 |
| 2022 | 34 | 4,230 |
| 2023 | 39 | 3,852 |
| 2024 | 25 | 5,185 |
| 2025 | 37 | 3,920 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 897 | 337 |
| 2012 | 938 | 336 |
| 2013 | 840 | 369 |
| 2014 | 969 | 342 |
| 2015 | 1,020 | 336 |
| 2016 | 1,089 | 321 |
| 2017 | 1,101 | 314 |
| 2018 | 1,125 | 305 |
| 2019 | 1,135 | 299 |
| 2020 | 1,183 | 286 |
| 2021 | 1,201 | 287 |
| 2022 | 1,252 | 277 |
| 2023 | 1,413 | 247 |
| 2024 | 1,479 | 239 |
| 2025 | 1,590 | 225 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 141 | 315 |
| 2012 | 142 | 318 |
| 2013 | 138 | 313 |
| 2014 | 145 | 316 |
| 2015 | 157 | 297 |
| 2016 | 168 | 295 |
| 2017 | 167 | 299 |
| 2018 | 149 | 319 |
| 2019 | 139 | 329 |
| 2020 | 124 | 354 |
| 2021 | 93 | 446 |
| 2022 | 108 | 391 |
| 2023 | 92 | 424 |
| 2024 | 96 | 418 |
| 2025 | 100 | 404 |

## People named Cohen

- Cohen Bramall, English association football player (born 1996)

## 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.