Kowen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KOH-en
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,390 for boys
Kowen is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,390th for boys in the US (57 babies).
What does Kowen mean?
Modern: probably a K-spelling of Cohen or Owen
A recent American spelling that sounds like the surname Cohen and also echoes the Welsh name Owen.
Is Kowen a girl's or a boy's name?
Kowen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 57 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kowen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,390th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 57 about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 71% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 57 boys in the US were named Kowen, making it the 2,390th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,495th. It first appears in the records in 2004.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most boys named Kowen of any year since it first appeared, in 2004.
Half of all the boys named Kowen in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,989 boys in the US were given Kowen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #131, up from #2,390 for this spelling alone.
Kowen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57 | #2,390 |
| 2024 | 47 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 33 | #3,472 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 24 | #4,243 |
| 2020 | 31 | #3,495 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,350 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
Names like Kowen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden, Kyaire, Braylen, Rayden, Brecken, Raiden, Kyden, Aiden, Kian, Kaizen, Brayden, Kylan
Other spellings of Kowen
Names related to Kowen
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
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, “Kowen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kowen, updated 20 October 2026.