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Kohyn

Gender
Boy
Say it
KOH-in
Origin
Hebrew
US rank, 2025
#4,856 for boys

Kohyn is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).

Where does Kohyn come from?

Hebrew: probably a respelling of Cohen, from Hebrew kohen 'priest'

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

Kohyn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls and 20 boys in the US.

How popular is Kohyn in the US?

Rank in 2025
#4,856among boys
Babies in 2025
20about 1 in 85,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Kohyn, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. It first appears in the records in 2008. 7 girls were also named Kohyn in 2025 (11,928th for girls).

It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Kohyn of any year since it first appeared, in 2008.

Half of all the boys named Kohyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 2,989 boys in the US were given Kohyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #131, up from #4,856 for this spelling alone.

2008Busiest: 20 in 20252025
Kohyn in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202520#4,856
202410#7,760
20239#8,250
20226#10,855
20219#8,161
20200–
20190–
20180–
201711#7,091
20160–
20157#9,562
20145#12,102
20130–
20120–
20110–
20100–
20090–
20086#11,030

Names like Kohyn

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Kohyn

Names related to Kohyn

More Hebrew names

Every Hebrew name

Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Kohyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kohyn, updated 20 October 2026.