Koen

“Brave” — Germanic via Dutch origin

Boy's name · #623 in the US (2025) · Trending

Koen is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1996, it stood at #623 in 2025; about 5,200 boys have been named Koen along the way. In Hawaii it runs about 6× its national rate. Together with its spelling variant Coen (#1376), Koen would rank around #516 with about 580 births last year — the newborns split about 77/23 between Koen and Coen.

Around the world: about 1 in 3,100 boys in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 4,900 boys in Scotland (2025) · about 1 in 18,000 boys in England & Wales (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 38 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Koens

Koen Casteels — Belgian association football player (born 1992)
Koen Verweij — Dutch speed skater
Koen Bouwman — Dutch cyclist
Koen Lenaerts — Belgian judge, professor. President of the European Court of Justice
Koen de Kort — Dutch cyclist

In stories & tradition

Koen Laenen — Spoed
Koen van Wageningen — television character

What Koens become

Among 371 notable people named Koen:

Artists & writers appear 1.79× more often than among typical names — e.g. Koen Peeters, author (born 1959).

Similar names: Boden · Koda · Adler · Cove · Roan · Kolt

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