# Kohen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kohen/  
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 | 8,561 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 8,407 / 154 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 347, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Rare spelling variant of 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 5 | 19,130 |
| 2010 | 6 | 16,062 |
| 2014 | 7 | 13,882 |
| 2015 | 5 | 17,910 |
| 2016 | 6 | 15,357 |
| 2017 | 10 | 10,378 |
| 2018 | 6 | 14,815 |
| 2019 | 14 | 7,955 |
| 2020 | 13 | 8,206 |
| 2021 | 18 | 6,546 |
| 2022 | 12 | 8,808 |
| 2023 | 18 | 6,553 |
| 2024 | 17 | 6,811 |
| 2025 | 17 | 6,699 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 196 | 993 |
| 2012 | 212 | 954 |
| 2013 | 210 | 953 |
| 2014 | 234 | 918 |
| 2015 | 297 | 786 |
| 2016 | 386 | 668 |
| 2017 | 379 | 668 |
| 2018 | 425 | 627 |
| 2019 | 426 | 634 |
| 2020 | 418 | 641 |
| 2021 | 474 | 589 |
| 2022 | 650 | 474 |
| 2023 | 839 | 380 |
| 2024 | 1,081 | 319 |
| 2025 | 1,143 | 296 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 2,039 |
| 2012 | 12 | 1,852 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2015 | 23 | 1,159 |
| 2016 | 24 | 1,157 |
| 2017 | 33 | 931 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,382 |
| 2019 | 22 | 1,189 |
| 2020 | 29 | 962 |
| 2021 | 13 | 1,782 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1,534 |
| 2023 | 44 | 754 |
| 2024 | 30 | 1,000 |
| 2025 | 35 | 896 |

## 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.