Boys' name · since 1912
Cohen
23,040 babies named Cohen in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #776 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #225 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 23,040
- born since 1912
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Cohen is the #225 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 23,040 recorded since 1912.
Social Security Administration records show Cohen recorded 23,040 times among boys since 1912, holding rank #225 nationally today, ahead of 98% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 2025.
- #776 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #225 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 23,040 born since 1912
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cohen ranks #776 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #225 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 23,040 born since 1912, peaking in the 2010s.
- #776 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #225 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 23,040
- born since 1912
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cohen's 23,040 recorded births place it above 98.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
48 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Cohen compares
23,040 Top 6% higher than 94% of 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
Cohen's all-time total is 62x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cohen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 23,040 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 1,590 | 34 | 22,252 |
Cohen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cohen's full recorded timeline at 1994, 99% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 1% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1912, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 1,590 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cohen popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 1,590
- Annual births at peak, across 114 years of records
Cohen popularity over time - girls
389 total births recorded since 2005 (Cohen as girls' name)
Cohen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (9,949 births, 43% of the file).
2010s was Cohen's strongest decade.
9,949 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Cohen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 35
1910s
35 births
- 1920s 61
1920s
61 births
- 1930s 10
1930s
10 births
- 1940s 22
1940s
22 births
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 14
1970s
14 births
- 1980s 40
1980s
40 births
- 1990s 246
1990s
246 births
- 2000s
2000s
4,530 births
- 2010s
2010s
9,949 births
- 2020s
2020s
8,118 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 9,949 births (43% of all-time use).
How Cohen compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Cohen's total volume
Cohen by state
Where Cohen concentrates geographically, total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,953 | 8.5% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 1,497 | 6.5% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 1,109 | 4.8% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 1,060 | 4.6% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 958 | 4.2% |
| #6 | California | | 925 | 4.0% |
| #7 | Utah | | 905 | 3.9% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 820 | 3.6% |
1,953 of 23,040 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 48 reporting states.
Cohen appears in 48 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Cohen's data
- Cohen's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (9,949 total births) through the 2020s (8,118) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Cohens (1,953 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cohen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~113 yrs)
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, 1912–2025 (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 Cohen 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.