Given name & surname · also Hebrew
Kohen
Kohen is a masculine given name from Hebrew.
Original Hebrewכוהן
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kohen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,561
- 8,407 boys · 154 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 1,160 babies
- 2025
- 1,160
- #296 for boys · #6,699 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +105%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 1,143 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 296 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 105.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 17 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (114). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,499 as a first name in 2020; 868 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.
Kohen’s family of names
In English usage, Kohen as a surname has a related form in COHEN. In German usage, Kohen as a surname has a related form in Kahn. In Hebrew usage, Kohen as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of כוהן.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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