Given name & surname
Cohen
Cohen is a masculine given name from Hebrew. It is used in English and Czech.
Original Hebrewכהן
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cohen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 23,429
- 23,040 boys · 389 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 1,627 babies
- 2025
- 1,627
- #225 for boys · #3,920 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +24%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 1,590 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 225 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 23.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 37 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (156). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 14,451 as a first name in 2020; 86,401 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cohen’s family of names
In English usage, Cohen as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Russian form Коган. In English usage, Cohen has a related form in COEN. In English usage, Cohen as a surname has a related form in COEN.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Cohen has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
Hebrewwhere Cohen comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Cohen
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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