first name
COHEN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 14,451 people named Cohen, 85.6% reported their origin as White, 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.1% as two or more races. 98.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Cohen peaked in 2025, when 1,627 babies got the name.
At least 23,429 babies have been given the name since 1912. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Cohen by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #479. The largest share of babies named Cohen, 67.1%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Cohen is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Cohen has been most common in Utah (5×), Louisiana (2.7×), and Idaho (2.5×), and least common in New York (0.17×).
21,925 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Cohen
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cohen, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Cohen ranks #355 of 156,621, with 86,401 people. See Cohen as a last name
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