Kohen Boy
How popular is Kohen?
#295 boy name in 2025
1,143 baby boys were named Kohen in the US in 2025, making it the 295th most popular boy name. Another 17 girls got the name (#6,545 for girls).
Kohen popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #295 for boys (▲ 24 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,143 boys, 17 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+285% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #784 in 2015, #641 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (1,143 boys) |
| Highest rank | #295 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1996 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 98% boys, 2% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.8% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kohen counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Cohen family of names ranked #139 for boys in 2025 (#146 the year before), with 2,797 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cohen | 1,590 | 57% |
| Kohen | 1,143 | 41% |
| Cohan | 24 | 1% |
| Kohan | 20 | 1% |
| Kohyn | 20 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kohen is most popular
Babies named Kohen per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- West Virginia: 3.4 per 1,000 (112 boys)
- Louisiana: 2.2 per 1,000 (222 boys)
- Mississippi: 2.0 per 1,000 (115 boys)
- South Dakota: 1.8 per 1,000 (34 boys)
- Iowa: 1.7 per 1,000 (119 boys)
Kohen by decade
Boy names about as popular as Kohen
Questions
- Is Kohen a boy or girl name?
- Kohen is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Kohen were boys.
- How popular is the name Kohen?
- 1,143 baby boys were named Kohen in the US in 2025, making it the 295th most popular boy name. Another 17 girls got the name (#6,545 for girls).
- When was Kohen most popular?
- Kohen peaked in 2025, when 1,143 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #295 in 2025.
- How many people are named Kohen?
- 8,561 babies have been named Kohen in the US since 1880. We estimate about 8,519 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 5.
- Where is Kohen most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kohen was most common in West Virginia, at 3.4 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.