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Mostly boys · Spelling variation of Cohen, Hebrew

Kohen

“priest”

Say it KO-henPronunciation may vary by region.

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The story behind the name

Meet Kohen.

US birth records for 2025 list 17 girls named Kohen (rank #6,699) and 1,143 boys named Kohen (rank #296).

The recorded number of girls with this name stayed at 17 compared with 2024. For boys, the recorded count rose from 1,081 in 2024 to 1,143 in 2025.

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A little perspective

How popular is Kohen?

United States · 2025
Girls · 2025#6,69917 recorded births
Boys · 2025#2961,143 recorded births

Recorded US births over time

201420251,1430
● Girls● Boys
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YearCategoryUS rankBirths
2025Boys2961,143
2025Girls6,69917
2024Boys3191,081
2024Girls6,81117
2023Boys380839
2023Girls6,55318
2022Boys474650
2022Girls8,80812
2021Boys589474
2021Girls6,54618
2020Boys641418
2020Girls8,20613
2019Boys634426
2019Girls7,95514
2018Boys627425
2018Girls14,8156
2017Boys668379
2017Girls10,37810
2016Boys668386
2016Girls15,3576
2015Boys786297
2015Girls17,9105
2014Boys918234
2014Girls13,8827

Rankings are calculated separately for boys and girls. Records below the publication threshold may be missing; gaps are not zero births.

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