girls:
120 births since 2008
#5596 (2nd percentile)
boys:
6.2k births since 1996
#1499 (67th percentile)
overall:
6.3k births since 1996
#3424 (56th percentile)
The name Kohen is the #3,424 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 6,292 recorded births since 1996. This represents the 55.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 55.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,499 (67.3% percentile) for all time with 6,172 births since 1996. For girls, it ranks #5,596 (2.1% percentile) for all time with 120 births since 2008.
Kohen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1996 (1996 for boys and 2008 for girls). Birth data for Kohen is available in 26 out of the 28 years between 1996 and 2023 (26 years for boys and 12 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Kohen has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 98.1% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Kohen reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 60.9% percentile (ranked #357) with 457 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 457 births per million (ranked 60.9% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kohen is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #357 (60.9% percentile) with 457 births per million.
For girls, Kohen reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #923) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). Despite a peak around 2014, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Kohen is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #934 (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kohen".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Kohen", 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 5 different pronunciations for the name Kohen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 32.6% confident that Kohen is pronounced as KOH-hehn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KOH-huhn, at 28.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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