Coen

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 235 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
235
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2014
12 babies

How Coen has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2020. Lower is more popular.
#722#871#1019201520172020#942

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YearUS rank
2015#898
2016#799
2017#899
2018#815
2020#942

Coen by the numbers

In 2025, 12 babies in England and Wales were named Coen. In the US, 235 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 291 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Coen

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Coen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Cohenpriest; kohanim1,115 in the US (2017)
  • Cowenhollow; from place name Cowan5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Chenmorning or dawn8 in the US (2017)
  • Coben10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Coden6 in the US (2017)
  • Coren5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Coen

Names that are said the same way as Coen, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Kohenpriest; variant spelling of Cohen385 in the US (2017)
  • Koenbold counsel; form of Kuno or Conrad145 in the US (2017)
  • Cohandescendant of Cohan; surname origin22 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kowen20 in the US (2017)
  • Koehn16 in the US (2017)
  • Kohan8 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Coen

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