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“Variant of Cohen — Priest” — Hebrew origin
Boy's name · #296 in the US (2025) · Trending
Kohen is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1996, it stood at #296 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 8,400 boys have been named Kohen along the way. In West Virginia it runs about 6× its national rate. Together with its spelling variant Cohen (#225), Kohen would rank around #131 with about 2,700 births last year — the newborns split about 58/42 between Cohen and Kohen.
Around the world: about 1 in 2,300 boys in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 2,800 boys in Scotland (2025) · about 1 in 7,800 boys in England & Wales (2025).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 36 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Similar names: Cohen · Shiloh · Koda · Mathias · Eden · Chaim
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