Kohen

A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning priest; variant spelling of Cohen.

Babies a year
385
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#296
up from #318
UK popularity
#896
35 babies

How Kohen has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#231#541#851201520202025#296

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#786
2016#671
2017#668
2018#625
2019#633
2020#644
2021#589
2022#476
2023#380
2024#318
2025#296

Kohen by the numbers

In 2025, 35 babies in England and Wales were named Kohen. In the US, 385 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

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

Its American peak was 383 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Koenbold counsel; form of Kuno or Conrad145 in the US (2017)
  • Koheiwide or spacious peace6 in the US (2017)
  • Kowen20 in the US (2017)
  • Kohan8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kohyn11 in the US (2017)
  • Koden8 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kohen

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

  • Cohenpriest; kohanim1,115 in the US (2017)
  • Cohandescendant of Cohan; surname origin22 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Cowenhollow; from place name Cowan5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Coen235 in the US (2017)
  • Koehn16 in the US (2017)
  • Khoen13 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a craft or trade

Like Kohen, each of these has a craft or trade in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
  • Graysonson of the steward8,767 in the US (2017)
  • Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
  • Chaseto hunt; one who hunts4,207 in the US (2017)
  • Georgefarmer, earth worker3,082 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Baileybailiff or steward of a castle2,561 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kohen

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