Cohen

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Cohen is ranked 239th among boys in 2024 (1,475 births). Its best rank was 239th, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #239up 8 from 2023
Births in 2024: 1,4750.09% of boys
Peak year: 20241,475 births
Best rank: #239in 2024
Since 1912: 21,444people given the name

Babies named Cohen, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

21,444 boys have been named Cohen in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 1,475 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2016, and the 2010s alone account for 46%. It has spent 21 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Cohen
1910s	35
1920s	61
1930s	10
1940s	22
1950s	10
1960s	5
1970s	14
1980s	40
1990s	246
2000s	4,530
2010s	9,948
2020s	6,523

In 2024, its biggest year

Cohen was the 239th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Cohen

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.