Boys' name · since 1996
Kohen
8,407 babies named Kohen in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,334 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #296 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,407
- born since 1996
- 2020s
- peak decade
8,407 babies have been named Kohen since 1996, making it today's #296 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kohen has been recorded 8,407 times among boys since 1996, currently ranked #296 nationally and more common than 98% 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 1996 to 2025.
- #1,334 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #296 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 8,407 born since 1996
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kohen ranks #1,334 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #296 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 8,407 born since 1996, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,334 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #296 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,407
- born since 1996
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kohen's 8,407 recorded births place it above 97.06% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
41 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Kohen compares
8,407 Top 10% higher than 90% 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
Kohen's all-time total is 23x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kohen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 8,407 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 1,143 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kohen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kohen splits its recorded history at 2012: 85% of all births land in the more recent half, 15% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1996 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 1,143 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kohen popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 1,143
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Kohen popularity over time - girls
154 total births recorded since 2008 (Kohen as girls' name)
Kohen by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (4,605 births, 55% of the file).
2020s was Kohen's strongest decade.
4,605 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Kohen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s 845
2000s
845 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,945 births
- 2020s
2020s
4,605 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 4,605 births (55% of all-time use).
How Kohen 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 Kohen's total volume
Kohen by state
Where Kohen concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 886 | 10.5% |
| #2 | Louisiana | | 560 | 6.7% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 512 | 6.1% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 401 | 4.8% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 384 | 4.6% |
| #6 | Missouri | | 293 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Utah | | 280 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 275 | 3.3% |
886 of 8,407 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 41 reporting states.
Kohen appears in 41 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Kohens (886 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 Kohen: 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 (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Kohen 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.