Kohen
- #6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births
- #295 for boys in 2025, 1,143 births
- Given to boys 98.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 1,143 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,407since 1996
Kohen over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kohen 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 | #6,546 | 17 | #295 | 1,143 |
| 2024 | #6,642 | 17 | #319 | 1,081 |
| 2023 | #6,409 | 18 | #380 | 839 |
| 2022 | #8,542 | 12 | #474 | 650 |
| 2021 | #6,414 | 18 | #589 | 474 |
| 2020 | #7,969 | 13 | #641 | 418 |
| 2019 | #7,716 | 14 | #633 | 426 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #627 | 425 |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 | #668 | 379 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #667 | 386 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #784 | 297 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | #915 | 234 |
| 2013 | — | #948 | 210 | |
| 2012 | — | #949 | 212 | |
| 2011 | — | #991 | 196 | |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | #1,068 | 180 |
| 2009 | — | #1,024 | 190 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #1,074 | 174 |
| 2007 | — | #1,237 | 142 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,330 | 123 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,334 | 113 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,024 | 59 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,616 | 17 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,643 | 8 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,935 | 9 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,316 | 10 | |
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| 1998 | — | #8,479 | 6 | |
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| 1996 | — | #7,971 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1996
The first year at least five boys were named Kohen! It came in at #7,971, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1997, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Kohen 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#58 · 1 in 220
- Mississippi#59 · 1 in 293
- Louisiana#94 · 1 in 368
- Arkansas#134 · 1 in 484
- Kentucky#138 · 1 in 501
Best ever in a state: #58 in West Virginia, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #58 | 28 | 1 in 220 |
| Mississippi | #59 | 37 | 1 in 293 |
| Louisiana | #94 | 52 | 1 in 368 |
| Arkansas | #134 | 26 | 1 in 484 |
| Alabama | #138 | 41 | 1 in 525 |
| Kentucky | #138 | 41 | 1 in 501 |
| Alaska | #143 | 6 | 1 in 379 |
| Oklahoma | #147 | 32 | 1 in 553 |
| Iowa | #149 | 28 | 1 in 494 |
| Indiana | #163 | 51 | 1 in 621 |
| Tennessee | #165 | 59 | 1 in 623 |
| South Dakota | #171 | 8 | 1 in 480 |
| Ohio | #172 | 77 | 1 in 682 |
| Missouri | #177 | 40 | 1 in 695 |
| Nebraska | #184 | 14 | 1 in 630 |
| Oregon | #198 | 21 | 1 in 717 |
| Utah | #225 | 23 | 1 in 855 |
| Kansas | #230 | 17 | 1 in 826 |
| Georgia | #232 | 52 | 1 in 966 |
| New Mexico | #270 | 7 | 1 in 929 |
| Idaho | #282 | 9 | 1 in 959 |
| North Carolina | #295 | 42 | 1 in 1,225 |
| Michigan | #321 | 29 | 1 in 1,386 |
| Texas | #326 | 114 | 1 in 1,536 |
| Pennsylvania | #332 | 33 | 1 in 1,584 |
| Virginia | #343 | 24 | 1 in 1,552 |
| South Carolina | #348 | 15 | 1 in 1,413 |
| Illinois | #400 | 27 | 1 in 1,835 |
| Washington | #403 | 18 | 1 in 1,822 |
| Wisconsin | #411 | 12 | 1 in 1,953 |
| Maryland | #437 | 11 | 1 in 2,082 |
| Florida | #443 | 42 | 1 in 2,275 |
| Nevada | #443 | 6 | 1 in 1,882 |
| Minnesota | #446 | 12 | 1 in 2,042 |
| Colorado | #571 | 9 | 1 in 2,983 |
| Arizona | #594 | 11 | 1 in 2,975 |
| California | #862 | 27 | 1 in 6,499 |
| New York | #885 | 15 | 1 in 5,628 |
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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 Kohen
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 346 spots since 2020 (#641 → #295)
- Biggest jump: 131 spots in 2015
- Biggest drop: 8 spots in 2020
Rise & fade · boys
29 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1996
- Peaked 2025 at #295 (1,143 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 15 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 2011–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,494
- Highest: 1 in 1,494 boys born in 2025 were named Kohen (0.07%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 54.8% of all boys named Kohen (4,605) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12 | #7,971 (1996) | #8,225 |
| 2000s | 845 | #1,024 (2009) | #3,353 |
| 2010s | 2,945 | #627 (2018) | #825 |
| 2020s | 4,605 | #295 (2025) | #450 |
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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