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Coen

Boy · KOH-en · Germanic

Big in ScotlandBig in Northern Ireland

Coen is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “bold counsel”. In 2025 it ranked 1,286th for boys in the UK (23 babies) and 1,376th for boys in the US (134 babies).

What does Coen mean?

Germanic: Dutch short form of Coenraad (Conrad)

“bold counsel”

In Dutch it is a short form of Coenraad, the Dutch equivalent of Conrad; in Britain it is also used as a spelling of Cohen.

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Is Coen a girl's or a boy's name?

Coen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the UK and 134 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Coen in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,286among boys
Babies in 2025
23about 1 in 13,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 40% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 23 boys in the UK were named Coen, making it the 1,286th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 628th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 109 boys.

2025 had fewer boys named Coen than any year since 2007.

Half of all the boys named Coen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 246 boys in the UK were given Coen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #233, up from #1,286 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales, 560th in Scotland and 270th in Northern Ireland.

1998Busiest: 109 in 20162025
Coen in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202523#1,286
202433#1,003
202355#710
202240#863
202161#666
202063#628
201961#650
201861#654
201765#632
2016109#431
201577#556
201467#596
201346#768
201230#1,030
201129#1,031
201025#1,149
200926#1,086
200830#972
200712#1,760
200612#1,640
200514#1,445
20043#3,792
20030–
20023#3,325
20010–
20000–
19993#3,043
19983#3,021

How popular is Coen in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,376among boys
Babies in 2025
134about 1 in 13,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 24% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 134 boys in the US were named Coen, making it the 1,376th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 944th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 291 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Coen than any year since 2004.

Half of all the boys named Coen in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 2,989 boys in the US were given Coen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #131, up from #1,376 for this spelling alone.

1991Busiest: 291 in 20162025
Coen in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025134#1,376
2024190#1,122
2023213#1,024
2022220#1,012
2021216#1,016
2020233#944
2019200#1,034
2018276#814
2017238#901
2016291#799
2015242#897
2014239#898
2013152#1,180
2012182#1,050
2011202#974
2010172#1,108
2009170#1,091
2008183#1,037
2007149#1,182
2006193#963
2005157#1,052
200493#1,465
200346#2,308
200233#2,813
200113#5,383
200019#4,060
199910#6,036
199811#5,460
199714#4,446
19965#9,008
19950–
19945#8,794
19930–
19920–
19915#8,228

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