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

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Peak · boys
2025 · 1,590 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
23,040
since 1912

Cohen over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Cohen has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,90337#2251,590
2024#5,14825#2391,479
2023#3,83339#2471,413
2022#4,20234#2771,252
2021#3,73540#2871,201
2020#5,00325#2861,183
2019#4,43731#2991,135
2018#6,01020#3051,125
2017#5,82121#3141,101
2016#6,90117#3211,089
2015#8,93112#3361,020
2014#7,30216#342969
2013#9,03612#369840
2012#12,1998#335938
2011#9,72311#337897
2010#14,9596#360835
2009#11,4599#326984
2008#17,5045#356880
2007#17,6365#391774
2006#15,1526#414692
2005#10,12810#432618
2004—#652315
2003—#1,45190
2002—#1,64772
2001—#2,08650
2000—#1,89555
1999—#1,82454
1998—#2,09444
1997—#2,54631
1996—#3,10723
1995—#4,05215
1994—#4,29014
1993—#3,24620
1992—#3,33819
1991—#3,63616
1990—#4,99310
1989—#5,6158
1988—#3,70513
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1983—#4,4998
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1978—#5,0596
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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 2015

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Cohen, so not publishedAKMaine: #192 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 663 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Cohen, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #222 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 918 boysNHWashington: #318 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 1,471 boysWAIdaho: #222 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 723 boysIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Cohen, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #149 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 426 boysNDMinnesota: #269 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 1,183 boysMNIllinois: #413 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 2,289 boysILWisconsin: #376 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,944 boysWIMichigan: #425 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 2,388 boysMINew York: #1,063 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 9,349 boysNYMassachusetts: #714 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,912 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Cohen, so not publishedRIOregon: #228 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 863 boysORNevada: #448 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,264 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Cohen, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #245 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 838 boysSDIowa: #185 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 686 boysIAIndiana: #165 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 646 boysINOhio: #214 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 972 boysOHPennsylvania: #389 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 2,301 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Cohen, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Cohen, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #679 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 5,388 boysCAUtah: #118 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 434 boysUTColorado: #518 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,768 boysCONebraska: #166 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 594 boysNEMissouri: #228 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 929 boysMOKentucky: #200 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 846 boysKYWest Virginia: #228 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 908 boysWVVirginia: #360 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 1,928 boysVAMaryland: #417 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,317 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Cohen, so not publishedDEArizona: #458 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,640 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Cohen, so not publishedNMKansas: #210 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 791 boysKSArkansas: #248 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 915 boysARTennessee: #277 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 1,260 boysTNNorth Carolina: #272 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 1,269 boysNCSouth Carolina: #233 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,024 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Cohen, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #310 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,222 boysOKLouisiana: #109 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 447 boysLAMississippi: #246 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,067 boysMSAlabama: #187 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 773 boysALGeorgia: #238 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 1,037 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Cohen, so not publishedHITexas: #418 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 2,351 boysTXFlorida: #576 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 3,783 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Louisiana#109 · 1 in 447
  2. Utah#118 · 1 in 434
  3. North Dakota#149 · 1 in 426
  4. Indiana#165 · 1 in 646
  5. Nebraska#166 · 1 in 594

Best ever in a state: #48 in West Virginia, 2025.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#109571 in 447
Utah#118491 in 434
North Dakota#149101 in 426
Indiana#165561 in 646
Nebraska#166171 in 594
Iowa#185231 in 686
Alabama#187301 in 773
Maine#19271 in 663
Kentucky#200261 in 846
Kansas#210201 in 791
Ohio#214621 in 972
Idaho#222111 in 723
New Hampshire#22251 in 918
Missouri#228341 in 929
Oregon#228211 in 863
West Virginia#22891 in 908
South Carolina#233211 in 1,024
Georgia#238531 in 1,037
South Dakota#24551 in 838
Mississippi#246131 in 1,067
Arkansas#248161 in 915
Minnesota#269241 in 1,183
North Carolina#272411 in 1,269
Tennessee#277291 in 1,260
Oklahoma#310171 in 1,222
Washington#318251 in 1,471
Virginia#360221 in 1,928
Wisconsin#376141 in 1,944
Pennsylvania#389261 in 2,301
Illinois#413291 in 2,289
Maryland#417121 in 2,317
Texas#418801 in 2,351
Michigan#425201 in 2,388
Nevada#44861 in 2,264
Arizona#458141 in 2,640
Colorado#518101 in 2,768
Florida#576261 in 3,783
California#679421 in 5,388
Massachusetts#71451 in 5,912
New York#1,063111 in 9,349
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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
  • 14 spots since 2024 (#239 → #225)
  • 61 spots since 2020 (#286 → #225)
  • 111 spots since 2015 (#336 → #225)
  • Biggest jump: 799 spots in 2004 (#1,451 → #652)
  • Biggest drop: 34 spots in 2010 (#326 → #360)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s35#2,496 (1913)#2,875
1920s61#2,347 (1922)#3,189
1930s10#3,480 (1939)#3,622
1940s22#2,743 (1945)#3,410
1950s10#3,942 (1956)#3,968
1960s5#4,033 (1962)#4,033
1970s14#4,403 (1979)#4,731
1980s40#3,705 (1988)#5,128
1990s246#1,824 (1999)#3,313
2000s4,530#326 (2009)#965
2010s9,949#299 (2019)#332
2020s8,118#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.

Cohen in 2015

girls
#8,931
12 births · 1 in 148,758 girls
boys
#336
1,020 births · 1 in 1,879 boys

Top girls' names in 2015

  1. #1Emma20,487
  2. #2Olivia19,729
  3. #3Sophia17,454
  4. #4Ava16,416
  5. #5Isabella15,667
  6. #6Mia14,943
  7. #7Abigail12,422
  8. #8Emily11,808
  9. #9Charlotte11,415
  10. #10Harper10,311
  11. #8,931Cohen12

Top boys' names in 2015

  1. #1Noah19,680
  2. #2Liam18,410
  3. #3Mason16,675
  4. #4Jacob16,005
  5. #5William15,950
  6. #6Ethan15,103
  7. #7James14,865
  8. #8Alexander14,584
  9. #9Michael14,504
  10. #10Benjamin13,732
  11. #336Cohen1,020
More about 2015

girls

1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 148,758 of them was named Cohen, which outranked 53.3% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cohen
  1. #8,447Zita13
  2. #8,447Ziyan13
  3. #8,447Zoraida13
  4. #8,931Cohen12
  5. #8,931Aahna12
  6. #8,931Aaima12
  7. #8,931Aalijah12
  8. #9,481Aaisha11
  9. #9,481Aalaiyah11
  10. #9,481Aaleah11

Tied with 549 names at #8,931; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,984Alaia#2,648 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,835Meilani#2,781 → #946
  3. ↑ 1,733Aitana#2,648 → #915
  4. ↑ 1,387Aislinn#2,351 → #964
  5. ↑ 1,072Taya#2,049 → #977
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Isis#703 → #1,778
  2. ↓ 502Annabell#923 → #1,425
  3. ↓ 500Anabel#911 → #1,411
  4. ↓ 344Cindy#711 → #1,055
  5. ↓ 334Anabella#529 → #863

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 1,879 of them was named Cohen, which outranked 97.6% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cohen
  1. #333Kyrie1,034
  2. #334Thiago1,032
  3. #335Ronan1,029
  4. #336Cohen1,020
  5. #337Erik1,019
  6. #338Colt1,018
  7. #339Trenton1,015
Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,348Riaan#2,277 → #929
  2. ↑ 397Huxley#1,355 → #958
  3. ↑ 355Wilder#1,313 → #958
  4. ↑ 284Jaziel#1,218 → #934
  5. ↑ 268Canaan#1,074 → #806
Fallers
  1. ↓ 676Arnav#891 → #1,567
  2. ↓ 262Jayse#906 → #1,168
  3. ↓ 239Neymar#551 → #790
  4. ↓ 228Rylee#877 → #1,105
  5. ↓ 204Johnathon#915 → #1,119

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2015 →