Name meaning & stats
Cohen
Cohen means “priest” (Hebrew origin). 23,323 US babies since 1940, peak 2025.
What it means
“priest”
HebrewWell documented
Originally a surname.
In US birth records
Peak year: 2025
23,323 US babies were named Cohen between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Cohen (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 56% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2025)