Meaning and history
From a common Jewish surname derived from Hebrew כֹּהֵן (kohen), meaning “priest,” Cohen was traditionally associated with the hereditary priests who claimed descent from the biblical Aaron.
20062006: 692 births, rank #414
2007: 774 births, rank #391
2008: 880 births, rank #356
2009: 984 births, rank #326
2010: 835 births, rank #360
20112011: 897 births, rank #337
2012: 938 births, rank #335
2013: 840 births, rank #369
2014: 969 births, rank #342
2015: 1,020 births, rank #336
20162016: 1,089 births, rank #321
2017: 1,101 births, rank #314
2018: 1,125 births, rank #305
2019: 1,135 births, rank #299
2020: 1,183 births, rank #286
20212021: 1,201 births, rank #287
2022: 1,252 births, rank #277
2023: 1,413 births, rank #247
2024: 1,479 births, rank #239
20252025: 1,590 births, rank #225
Cohen rose from #239 to #225 for boys between 2024 and 2025. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 1,590.