# Koen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/koen/  
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 | Dutch |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /kuːn/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,190 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,170 / 20 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 269, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 18,290 |
| 2016 | 5 | 17,652 |
| 2022 | 5 | 16,603 |
| 2025 | 5 | 16,201 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 166 | 1,113 |
| 2012 | 174 | 1,080 |
| 2013 | 179 | 1,056 |
| 2014 | 215 | 977 |
| 2015 | 201 | 1,013 |
| 2016 | 181 | 1,087 |
| 2017 | 148 | 1,242 |
| 2018 | 161 | 1,185 |
| 2019 | 148 | 1,269 |
| 2020 | 162 | 1,191 |
| 2021 | 219 | 1,002 |
| 2022 | 310 | 807 |
| 2023 | 468 | 606 |
| 2024 | 401 | 681 |
| 2025 | 448 | 623 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 14 | 1,617 |
| 2014 | 19 | 1,327 |
| 2015 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2016 | 13 | 1,804 |
| 2017 | 18 | 1,398 |
| 2018 | 12 | 1,875 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 13 | 1,723 |
| 2021 | 16 | 1,516 |
| 2022 | 13 | 1,781 |
| 2023 | 28 | 1,042 |
| 2024 | 19 | 1,402 |
| 2025 | 15 | 1,705 |

## People named Koen

- Koen Casteels, Belgian association football player (born 1992)
- Koen Verweij, Dutch speed skater
- Koen Bouwman, Dutch cyclist
- Koen Lenaerts, Belgian judge, professor. President of the European Court of Justice
- Koen de Kort, Dutch cyclist
- Koen Naert, Belgian athletics competitor
- Koen Metsemakers, Dutch rower
- Koen Daerden, Belgian association football player
- Koen Geens, Belgian politician
- Koen Barbé, Belgian racing cyclist
- Koen Bijen, Dutch field hockey player
- Koen De Bouw, Belgian actor

## 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.