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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202025boysat 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 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #110 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 325 boysAKMaine: #139 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 427 boysMEVermont: #102 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 242 boysVTNew Hampshire: #110 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 346 boysNHWashington: #321 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 1,426 boysWAIdaho: #150 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 479 boysIDMontana: #127 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 376 boysMTNorth Dakota: #152 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 420 boysNDMinnesota: #202 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 766 boysMNIllinois: #289 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 1,339 boysILWisconsin: #210 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 808 boysWIMichigan: #276 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 1,117 boysMINew York: #716 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 4,221 boysNYMassachusetts: #690 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,504 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Cohen, so not publishedRIOregon: #230 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 837 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Cohen, so not publishedNVWyoming: #89 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 218 boysWYSouth Dakota: #105 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 320 boysSDIowa: #99 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 374 boysIAIndiana: #146 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 565 boysINOhio: #139 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 531 boysOHPennsylvania: #244 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 1,045 boysPANew Jersey: #915 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,628 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Cohen, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #591 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 3,509 boysCAUtah: #128 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 492 boysUTColorado: #305 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,279 boysCONebraska: #184 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 630 boysNEMissouri: #162 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 647 boysMOKentucky: #110 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 411 boysKYWest Virginia: #48 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 205 boysWVVirginia: #280 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 1,242 boysVAMaryland: #407 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,908 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Cohen, so not publishedDEArizona: #357 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,558 boysAZNew Mexico: #236 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 813 boysNMKansas: #142 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 540 boysKSArkansas: #81 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 331 boysARTennessee: #152 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 584 boysTNNorth Carolina: #175 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 725 boysNCSouth Carolina: #102 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 416 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Cohen, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #96 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 393 boysOKLouisiana: #101 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 390 boysLAMississippi: #117 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 401 boysMSAlabama: #94 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 391 boysALGeorgia: #158 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 636 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Cohen, so not publishedHITexas: #251 for boys · 156 births · 1 in 1,122 boysTXFlorida: #294 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 1,470 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. West Virginia#48 · 1 in 205
  2. Arkansas#81 · 1 in 331
  3. Wyoming#89 · 1 in 218
  4. Alabama#94 · 1 in 391
  5. Oklahoma#96 · 1 in 393

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#48301 in 205
Arkansas#81381 in 331
Wyoming#8951 in 218
Alabama#94551 in 391
Oklahoma#96451 in 393
Iowa#99371 in 374
Louisiana#101491 in 390
South Carolina#102511 in 416
Vermont#10251 in 242
South Dakota#105121 in 320
Alaska#11071 in 325
Kentucky#110501 in 411
New Hampshire#110131 in 346
Mississippi#117271 in 401
Montana#127101 in 376
Utah#128401 in 492
Maine#13991 in 427
Ohio#139991 in 531
Kansas#142261 in 540
Indiana#146561 in 565
Idaho#150181 in 479
North Dakota#15281 in 420
Tennessee#152631 in 584
Georgia#158791 in 636
Missouri#162431 in 647
North Carolina#175711 in 725
Nebraska#184141 in 630
Minnesota#202321 in 766
Wisconsin#210291 in 808
Oregon#230181 in 837
New Mexico#23681 in 813
Pennsylvania#244501 in 1,045
Texas#2511561 in 1,122
Michigan#276361 in 1,117
Virginia#280301 in 1,242
Illinois#289371 in 1,339
Florida#294651 in 1,470
Colorado#305211 in 1,279
Washington#321231 in 1,426
Arizona#357211 in 1,558
Maryland#407121 in 1,908
California#591501 in 3,509
Massachusetts#69061 in 4,504
New York#716201 in 4,221
New Jersey#91561 in 6,628
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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 2025

girls
#3,903
37 births · 1 in 43,440 girls
boys
#225
1,590 births · 1 in 1,074 boys

Top girls' names in 2025

  1. #1Olivia13,544
  2. #2Charlotte13,400
  3. #3Emma12,754
  4. #4Amelia12,699
  5. #5Sophia12,561
  6. #6Mia11,078
  7. #7Isabella10,666
  8. #8Evelyn9,123
  9. #9Sofia8,252
  10. #10Eliana8,191
  11. #3,903Cohen37

Top boys' names in 2025

  1. #1Liam20,818
  2. #2Noah20,358
  3. #3Oliver14,939
  4. #4Theodore13,355
  5. #5Henry12,020
  6. #6James11,945
  7. #7Elijah11,111
  8. #8Mateo11,045
  9. #9William10,545
  10. #10Lucas10,219
  11. #225Cohen1,590
More about 2025

girls

1,607,267 girls got a published name in 2025; 1 in 43,440 of them was named Cohen, which outranked 77.4% of the 17,297 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880).

Ranked beside Cohen
  1. #3,832Yadira38
  2. #3,832Yohanna38
  3. #3,832Zanyla38
  4. #3,903Cohen37
  5. #3,903Adalena37
  6. #3,903Adaleya37
  7. #3,903Adhira37
  8. #3,975Abigaelle36
  9. #3,975Adalet36
  10. #3,975Ailanie36

Tied with 71 names at #3,903; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2024
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,390Klarity#2,178 → #788
  2. ↑ 1,211Rynlee#1,966 → #755
  3. ↑ 963Ailanny#1,895 → #932
  4. ↑ 928Naylani#1,823 → #895
  5. ↑ 861Madisson#1,180 → #319
Fallers
  1. ↓ 353Aubrie#999 → #1,352
  2. ↓ 307Cattleya#904 → #1,211
  3. ↓ 272Jaycee#878 → #1,150
  4. ↓ 248Zendaya#938 → #1,186
  5. ↓ 233Novalee#742 → #975

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

boys

1,708,076 boys got a published name in 2025; 1 in 1,074 of them was named Cohen, which outranked 98.4% of the 13,930 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880).

Ranked beside Cohen
  1. #222Griffin1,627
  2. #223Oscar1,620
  3. #224Edward1,591
  4. #225Cohen1,590
  5. #226Kairo1,577
  6. #227Callahan1,566
  7. #228Grant1,555
Biggest movers since 2024
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,096Kasai#1,735 → #639
  2. ↑ 1,089Akari#1,631 → #542
  3. ↑ 787Eziah#1,397 → #610
  4. ↑ 772Jasai#1,211 → #439
  5. ↑ 648Neithan#1,371 → #723
Fallers
  1. ↓ 265Karim#819 → #1,084
  2. ↓ 235Khaza#961 → #1,196
  3. ↓ 231Landen#813 → #1,044
  4. ↓ 229Khai#947 → #1,176
  5. ↓ 227Seven#891 → #1,118

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

See the top 100 for 2025 →