Kohen
Boy · KOH-en · Hebrew
Kohen is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “priest”. In 2025 it ranked 842nd for boys in the UK (42 babies) and 295th for boys in the US (1,143 babies).
What does Kohen mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Cohen, from Hebrew kohen
“priest”
Kohen is the Hebrew word for a Jewish priest descended from Aaron; as a surname it is usually spelled Cohen.
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- KOH-en
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Is Kohen a girl's or a boy's name?
Kohen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 42 boys in the UK and 17 girls and 1,143 boys in the US.
How popular is Kohen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #842among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 42about 1 in 7,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 69% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 42 boys in the UK were named Kohen, making it the 842nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 936th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 53 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kohen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 246 boys in the UK were given Kohen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #233, up from #842 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 896th in England and Wales and 441st in Scotland.
Kohen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #842 |
| 2024 | 40 | #863 |
| 2023 | 53 | #722 |
| 2022 | 20 | #1,404 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,686 |
| 2020 | 34 | #936 |
| 2019 | 25 | #1,159 |
| 2018 | 21 | #1,327 |
| 2017 | 40 | #879 |
| 2016 | 25 | #1,195 |
| 2015 | 25 | #1,167 |
| 2014 | 12 | #1,929 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 13 | #1,850 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
How popular is Kohen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #295among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,143about 1 in 1,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 141% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,143 boys in the US were named Kohen, making it the 295th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 641st. It first appears in the records in 1996. 17 girls were also named Kohen in 2025 (6,545th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most boys named Kohen of any year since it first appeared, in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Kohen in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,989 boys in the US were given Kohen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #131, up from #295 for this spelling alone.
Kohen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,143 | #295 |
| 2024 | 1,081 | #319 |
| 2023 | 839 | #380 |
| 2022 | 650 | #474 |
| 2021 | 474 | #589 |
| 2020 | 418 | #641 |
| 2019 | 426 | #633 |
| 2018 | 425 | #627 |
| 2017 | 379 | #668 |
| 2016 | 386 | #667 |
| 2015 | 297 | #784 |
| 2014 | 234 | #915 |
| 2013 | 210 | #948 |
| 2012 | 212 | #949 |
| 2011 | 196 | #991 |
| 2010 | 180 | #1,068 |
| 2009 | 190 | #1,024 |
| 2008 | 174 | #1,074 |
| 2007 | 142 | #1,237 |
| 2006 | 123 | #1,330 |
| 2005 | 113 | #1,333 |
| 2004 | 59 | #2,020 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
Names like Kohen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kairo Loki Yusuf Kayden Yunus Yug Yoan Rumi Kenzo Eden Yitzchok Ruairi
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