Boys' name · peaked in 2025
Cohen name popularity since 1925
23,358 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Cohen (1.7% girls, 98.3% boys). Half of them were born in 2017 or earlier, so the typical Cohen is about 9 years old in 2026. Cohen peaked in 2025 as the #225 name for boys, and it ranked #225 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 23,358
- Named Cohen, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #225
- for boys in 2025 (1,590 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 98.3% boys
- 389 girls · 22,969 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 4.80× its national share
Peak year is the year Cohen made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Cohen births per year, 1925–2025
2025 was the biggest year for Cohen both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2004 and 2009, Cohen became 3.1× more common, from 1 in 6,300 baby boys to 1 in 2,020.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Cohen's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Cohen.
Decade by decade
Babies named Cohen in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 25 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 10 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 22 | #2,793 |
| 1950s | 0 | 10 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 5 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 0 | 14 | Under 5 |
| 1980s | 0 | 40 | Under 5 |
| 1990s | 0 | 246 | #4,088 |
| 2000s | 35 | 4,530 | #432 |
| 2010s | 154 | 9,949 | #336 |
| 2020–25 | 200 | 8,118 | #225 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 boys got the name.
Generation fingerprint
67.3% of babies named Cohen from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Cohen is most popular
The index compares Cohen's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Cohen.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 4.80× | 905 |
| Louisiana | 2.68× | 1,065 |
| Nebraska | 2.10× | 327 |
| Indiana | 1.83× | 958 |
| Georgia | 1.78× | 1,093 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Cohen and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Cohen (this page) | 22,969 | 2025 |
| Kohen | 8,407 | 2025 |
| Coen | 4,506 | 2016 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Cohen's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Cohen.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Cohen (2025).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data