NameTides

Kohen

Kohen was the #295 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,143 babies), and #896 in England & Wales and #472 in Canada.

Kohen as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Canada
Kohen as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaScotlandEngland & Wales
Kohen as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 IrelandCanada
2025#295 (1,143)#896 (35)#441 (7)—#472 (65)
2024#319 (1,081)#1,000 (30)#432 (7)#404 (3)#444 (69)
2023#380 (839)#754 (44)#533 (5)#348 (4)#468 (61)
2022#474 (650)#1,534 (16)#590 (4)—#425 (68)
2021#589 (474)#1,782 (13)——#585 (48)
2020#641 (418)#962 (29)#536 (5)—#456 (63)
2019#633 (426)#1,189 (22)#701 (3)—#502 (56)
2018#627 (425)#1,382 (18)#704 (3)—#467 (59)
2017#668 (379)#931 (33)#602 (4)#415 (3)#457 (63)
2016#667 (386)#1,157 (24)——#387 (79)
2015#784 (297)#1,159 (23)——#487 (58)
2014#915 (234)#1,935 (11)——#443 (67)
2013#948 (210)#2,055 (10)——#456 (63)
2012#949 (212)#1,852 (12)——#500 (55)
2011#991 (196)#2,039 (10)——#475 (57)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #295.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1996.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,500 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 1,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 7,800uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Kohen is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 910 to 1 in 1,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kohen by state, 2025Alaska: #143AKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #411WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #403WAIdaho: #282IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #446MNIllinois: #400ILMichigan: #321MINew York: #885NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #198ORNevada: #443NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #171SDIowa: #149IAIndiana: #163INOhio: #172OHPennsylvania: #332PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #862CAUtah: #225UTColorado: #571CONebraska: #184NEMissouri: #177MOKentucky: #138KYWest Virginia: #58WVVirginia: #343VAMaryland: #437MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #594AZNew Mexico: #270NMKansas: #230KSArkansas: #134ARTennessee: #165TNNorth Carolina: #295NCSouth Carolina: #348SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #147OKLouisiana: #94LAMississippi: #59MSAlabama: #138ALGeorgia: #232GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #326TXFlorida: #443FL
Kohen (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#41231

Kohen (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
KohenCanadaBoys#47265
KohenEngland & WalesBoys#89635
KohenNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KohenScotlandBoys#4417
KohenUSGirls#6,54617
KohenUSBoys#2951,143