NameTides

Cohen

Cohen was the #225 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,590 babies), and #404 in England & Wales and #186 in Canada.

Cohen as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Cohen as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandScotlandCanadaUSEngland & WalesIreland
Cohen as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#225 (1,590)#404 (100)#178 (23)#159 (14)#509 (6)#186 (185)
2024#239 (1,479)#418 (96)#290 (13)#164 (13)—#186 (183)
2023#247 (1,413)#424 (92)#249 (16)#145 (16)—#183 (180)
2022#277 (1,252)#391 (108)#184 (25)#142 (17)—#196 (179)
2021#287 (1,201)#446 (93)#244 (18)#139 (18)#552 (5)#173 (212)
2020#286 (1,183)#354 (124)#221 (19)#152 (15)#637 (4)#163 (224)
2019#299 (1,135)#329 (139)#175 (30)#110 (24)#764 (3)#165 (222)
2018#305 (1,125)#319 (149)#196 (24)#96 (28)#572 (5)#166 (227)
2017#314 (1,101)#299 (167)#219 (22)#105 (27)#710 (3)#141 (275)
2016#321 (1,089)#295 (168)#186 (30)#148 (19)#601 (4)#137 (300)
2015#336 (1,020)#297 (157)#273 (15)#139 (20)#699 (3)#139 (277)
2014#342 (969)#316 (145)#238 (20)#171 (15)#550 (5)#141 (283)
2013#369 (840)#313 (138)#257 (16)#153 (17)—#133 (302)
2012#335 (938)#318 (142)#301 (12)#161 (16)—#126 (317)
2011#337 (897)#315 (141)#261 (15)#168 (15)—#119 (338)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #225.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1912.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,100 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,700uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 850common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 590common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 860common

Next year

On its recent trend, Cohen is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 990 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 940 to 1 in 1,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Cohen by state, 2025Alaska: #110AKMaine: #139MEWisconsin: #210WIVermont: #102VTNew Hampshire: #110NHWashington: #321WAIdaho: #150IDMontana: #127MTNorth Dakota: #152NDMinnesota: #202MNIllinois: #289ILMichigan: #276MINew York: #716NYMassachusetts: #690MAOregon: #230ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: #89WYSouth Dakota: #105SDIowa: #99IAIndiana: #146INOhio: #139OHPennsylvania: #244PANew Jersey: #915NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #591CAUtah: #128UTColorado: #305CONebraska: #184NEMissouri: #162MOKentucky: #110KYWest Virginia: #48WVVirginia: #280VAMaryland: #407MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #357AZNew Mexico: #236NMKansas: #142KSArkansas: #81ARTennessee: #152TNNorth Carolina: #175NCSouth Carolina: #102SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #96OKLouisiana: #101LAMississippi: #117MSAlabama: #94ALGeorgia: #158GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #251TXFlorida: #294FL
Cohen (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#19869
Quebec2025#4639

Cohen (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CohenCanadaGirls#3,4785
CohenCanadaBoys#186185
CohenEngland & WalesBoys#404100
CohenIrelandBoys#5096
CohenNorthern IrelandBoys#15914
CohenScotlandBoys#17823
CohenUSGirls#3,90337
CohenUSBoys#2251,590