Boys' name · since 2003
Cohan
360 babies named Cohan in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,591 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,357 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 360
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
360 babies have been named Cohan since 2003, making it today's #4357 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cohan has been recorded 360 times among boys since 2003, currently ranked #4357 nationally and more common than 69% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.
- #9,591 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,357 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 360 born since 2003
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cohan ranks #9,591 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,357 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 360 born since 2003, peaking in the 2020s.
- #9,591 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,357 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 360
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
Cohan's 360 recorded births place it above 78.87% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Cohan compares
360 49th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Cohan's all-time total is 2% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cohan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 360 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 31 | 34 | 22,252 |
Cohan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Cohan splits its recorded history at 2014: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2003 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 31 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Cohan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 31
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Cohan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (145 births, 40% of the file).
2020s was Cohan's strongest decade.
145 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Cohan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
84 births
- 2010s
2010s
131 births
- 2020s
2020s
145 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 145 births (40% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2003–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cohan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.