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Cohen

Pronounced /ˈkoʊən/

Rank in 2024
#239
Born in 2024
1,475
Peak year
2024 · #239
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Rising
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 1,475 boys were named Cohen, about 1 in every 1,163.
  • 2024 is its biggest year on record.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1912.
  • 21,444 boys have been named Cohen since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Cohen per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
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    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. 0.2
    Gen Z
  7. 0.6
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 91 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 27 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 25 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 14 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 157 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 7,329 babies, 0.23 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 13,801 babies, 0.64 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Hebrew כֹּהֵן (kohén, “cohen”).

  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈkoʊən/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Cohen, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyRising

    Kohen

    Rank
    #319
    Born '24
    1,079
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20242024
  • GirlBoyRising

    Koen

    Rank
    #681
    Born '24
    399
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20232024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Coen

    Rank
    #1,121
    Born '24
    190
    Origin
    Dutch
    1880peak 20162024