Cohen

What Cohen means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Cohen yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #336 in 2015 to #225 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Cohen?

US: Rising: up from #336 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #297 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 1,590 boys got the name (#225 that year). First in the US records in 1912.

How common

• About 1 in 1,074 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,719 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 854 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WV (4.87 per 1,000 boys), WY (4.59 per 1,000 boys), VT (4.13 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Cohen is #225 in the US and #404 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 97.7% of US babies named Cohen were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the US pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kohen1,143 US · 35 E&W
• Cohan24 US · 22 E&W
• Gohan44 US
• Kohan20 US · 8 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Cohen

Boys

• Ryder#132From a surname for “a rider, cavalryman, or knight”^*
• Hudson#17Editor’s note Up from #65 in 2015 to #17 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 200 US boys in the 2025 records
• Cash#287Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #287 vs #2,014 in 2025
• Ryland#703“rye + land”^*
• Beckham#168“homestead”^*
• Cooper#27Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #77 in 2015, #27 in 2025

For a sister

• Emersyn#138Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #138 vs #3,705 in 2025
• Evelyn#8Same root as Eileen, possibly meaning “radiance, beauty”^*
• Teagan#340Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1979, with 6 babies
• Brinley#608Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #608 vs #5,927 in 2025
• Emery#74Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #74 vs #1,197 in 2025
• Marleigh#975Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #975 vs #2,605 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Cohen’s. Rank is US 2025.