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Cohen

Boy's name · #225 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Cohen first appeared in 1912, vanished from the records entirely for 15 years, and since returning in 1978 has climbed back to #225. About 23,000 boys have carried it in all.

US births of Cohen rose from 90 in 2003 to 315 in 2004, then 618 in 2005, following the debut of The O.C., which featured Seth Cohen and the Cohen family.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 41 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#160 in N. Ireland (2025) · #181 in Scotland (2025) · #197 in New Zealand (2025) · #404 in England & Wales (2025) · #526 in Ireland (2025) · #187 in Canada (2024).

Famous Cohens

• Cohen Bramall — English association football player (born 1996)
• Cohen Griffith — Guyanese footballer (born 1962)
• Cohen Casper — South African rugby union player
• Cohen Brady-Leathem — New Zealand rugby union player

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 89,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

• Leonard Cohen — Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
• Stanley Cohen — American biochemist
• Eli Cohen — Israeli spy (1924–1965)

In stories & tradition

• Cohen the Barbarian^it — Discworld (novel series)

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Kohen (#296), Cohen would rank around #131 with about 2,700 births last year — the newborns split about 58/42 between Cohen and Kohen.

Similar names: Kohen · Malakai · Koda · Sylas · Zion · Eden

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