girls:
15 births since 2011
#5701 (0th percentile)
boys:
4.3k births since 1996
#1848 (60th percentile)
overall:
4.3k births since 1996
#4164 (46th percentile)
The name Koen is the #4,164 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,332 recorded births since 1996. This represents the 46.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 46.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,848 (59.7% percentile) for all time with 4,317 births since 1996. For girls, it ranks #5,701 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 15 births since 2011.
Koen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1996 (1996 for boys and 2011 for girls).
The name Koen has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.7% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Koen reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 43.4% percentile (ranked #516) with 254 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 254 births per million (ranked 43.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Koen is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #516 (43.4% percentile) with 254 births per million.
For girls, Koen reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #958) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Koen".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Koen", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 17 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Cohen" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Cohen..
Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Koen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 45.0% confident that Koen is pronounced as kohn, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KOH-uhn, at 22.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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