Cohen
- #3,903 for girls in 2025, 37 births
- #225 for boys in 2025, 1,590 births
- Given to boys 98.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 1,590 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 23,040since 1912
Cohen over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Cohen has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,903 | 37 | #225 | 1,590 |
| 2024 | #5,148 | 25 | #239 | 1,479 |
| 2023 | #3,833 | 39 | #247 | 1,413 |
| 2022 | #4,202 | 34 | #277 | 1,252 |
| 2021 | #3,735 | 40 | #287 | 1,201 |
| 2020 | #5,003 | 25 | #286 | 1,183 |
| 2019 | #4,437 | 31 | #299 | 1,135 |
| 2018 | #6,010 | 20 | #305 | 1,125 |
| 2017 | #5,821 | 21 | #314 | 1,101 |
| 2016 | #6,901 | 17 | #321 | 1,089 |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 | #336 | 1,020 |
| 2014 | #7,302 | 16 | #342 | 969 |
| 2013 | #9,036 | 12 | #369 | 840 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | #335 | 938 |
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 | #337 | 897 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | #360 | 835 |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 | #326 | 984 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #356 | 880 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #391 | 774 |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #414 | 692 |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 | #432 | 618 |
| 2004 | — | #652 | 315 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,451 | 90 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,647 | 72 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,086 | 50 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,895 | 55 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,824 | 54 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,094 | 44 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,546 | 31 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,107 | 23 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,052 | 15 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,290 | 14 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,246 | 20 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,338 | 19 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,636 | 16 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,993 | 10 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,615 | 8 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,705 | 13 | |
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| 1984 | — | #5,561 | 6 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,499 | 8 | |
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| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
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| 1979 | — | #4,403 | 8 | |
| 1978 | — | #5,059 | 6 | |
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| 1962 | — | #4,033 | 5 | |
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| 1957 | — | #3,993 | 5 | |
| 1956 | — | #3,942 | 5 | |
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| 1949 | — | #3,690 | 5 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,668 | 5 | |
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| 1945 | — | #2,743 | 7 | |
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| 1943 | — | #3,538 | 5 | |
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| 1939 | — | #3,480 | 5 | |
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| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
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| 1928 | — | #4,151 | 5 | |
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| 1926 | — | #3,139 | 8 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,435 | 12 | |
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| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,347 | 13 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,804 | 10 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,208 | 8 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,877 | 9 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,728 | 6 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,732 | 9 | |
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| 1913 | — | #2,496 | 6 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1912
The first year at least five boys were named Cohen! It came in at #2,544, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1914–1916, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Cohen is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- West Virginia#48 · 1 in 205
- Arkansas#81 · 1 in 331
- Wyoming#89 · 1 in 218
- Alabama#94 · 1 in 391
- Oklahoma#96 · 1 in 393
Best ever in a state: #48 in West Virginia, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #48 | 30 | 1 in 205 |
| Arkansas | #81 | 38 | 1 in 331 |
| Wyoming | #89 | 5 | 1 in 218 |
| Alabama | #94 | 55 | 1 in 391 |
| Oklahoma | #96 | 45 | 1 in 393 |
| Iowa | #99 | 37 | 1 in 374 |
| Louisiana | #101 | 49 | 1 in 390 |
| South Carolina | #102 | 51 | 1 in 416 |
| Vermont | #102 | 5 | 1 in 242 |
| South Dakota | #105 | 12 | 1 in 320 |
| Alaska | #110 | 7 | 1 in 325 |
| Kentucky | #110 | 50 | 1 in 411 |
| New Hampshire | #110 | 13 | 1 in 346 |
| Mississippi | #117 | 27 | 1 in 401 |
| Montana | #127 | 10 | 1 in 376 |
| Utah | #128 | 40 | 1 in 492 |
| Maine | #139 | 9 | 1 in 427 |
| Ohio | #139 | 99 | 1 in 531 |
| Kansas | #142 | 26 | 1 in 540 |
| Indiana | #146 | 56 | 1 in 565 |
| Idaho | #150 | 18 | 1 in 479 |
| North Dakota | #152 | 8 | 1 in 420 |
| Tennessee | #152 | 63 | 1 in 584 |
| Georgia | #158 | 79 | 1 in 636 |
| Missouri | #162 | 43 | 1 in 647 |
| North Carolina | #175 | 71 | 1 in 725 |
| Nebraska | #184 | 14 | 1 in 630 |
| Minnesota | #202 | 32 | 1 in 766 |
| Wisconsin | #210 | 29 | 1 in 808 |
| Oregon | #230 | 18 | 1 in 837 |
| New Mexico | #236 | 8 | 1 in 813 |
| Pennsylvania | #244 | 50 | 1 in 1,045 |
| Texas | #251 | 156 | 1 in 1,122 |
| Michigan | #276 | 36 | 1 in 1,117 |
| Virginia | #280 | 30 | 1 in 1,242 |
| Illinois | #289 | 37 | 1 in 1,339 |
| Florida | #294 | 65 | 1 in 1,470 |
| Colorado | #305 | 21 | 1 in 1,279 |
| Washington | #321 | 23 | 1 in 1,426 |
| Arizona | #357 | 21 | 1 in 1,558 |
| Maryland | #407 | 12 | 1 in 1,908 |
| California | #591 | 50 | 1 in 3,509 |
| Massachusetts | #690 | 6 | 1 in 4,504 |
| New York | #716 | 20 | 1 in 4,221 |
| New Jersey | #915 | 6 | 1 in 6,628 |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Cohen
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 61 spots since 2020 (#286 → #225)
- Biggest jump: 799 spots in 2004
- Biggest drop: 34 spots in 2010
Rise & fade · boys
113 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 2025 at #225 (1,590 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 22 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 2004–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,074
- Highest: 1 in 1,074 boys born in 2025 were named Cohen (0.09%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 43.2% of all boys named Cohen (9,949) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 35 | #2,496 (1913) | #2,875 |
| 1920s | 61 | #2,347 (1922) | #3,189 |
| 1930s | 10 | #3,480 (1939) | #3,622 |
| 1940s | 22 | #2,743 (1945) | #3,410 |
| 1950s | 10 | #3,942 (1956) | #3,968 |
| 1960s | 5 | #4,033 (1962) | #4,033 |
| 1970s | 14 | #4,403 (1979) | #4,731 |
| 1980s | 40 | #3,705 (1988) | #5,128 |
| 1990s | 246 | #1,824 (1999) | #3,313 |
| 2000s | 4,530 | #326 (2009) | #965 |
| 2010s | 9,949 | #299 (2019) | #332 |
| 2020s | 8,118 | #225 (2025) | #260 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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