Cohan

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Cohan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Cohan: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #163, and it stood at #202 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
35times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#163highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1997	#2859
1998	#2901
2003	#3467
2004	#2578
2005	#1991
2006	#1545
2007	#1578
2008	#1953
2009	#1494
2010	#1344
2011	#1342
2012	#1367
2013	#1706
2014	#1144
2015	#1380
2016	#1187
2017	#996
2018	#1533
2019	#1253
2020	#993
2021	#1290
2022	#2320
2023	#2325
2024	#1322

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 25 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #202 among boys in Northern Ireland, #1322 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2010–2024
Highest recorded position: #163 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2022 (recorded 2010–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1322 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Cohan appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 25 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 358 births with the name.

Cohan across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Cohan's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#993 (2020)	#1322 (2024)	25 of 29	358 (1996–2024)	30 (2017)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#387 (2010)	#163 (2022)	#202 (2024)	10 of 15	65 (2010–2024)	13 (2022)

Cohan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Cohan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	9	3 of 10	3
2000s	66	7 of 10	9
2010sbusiest	197	10 of 10	20
2020s	86	5 of 10	17

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 20 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Cohan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #163 in Northern Ireland in 2022.

Cohan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1322	20	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2325	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2320	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1290	20	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#993	28	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1253	20	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#996	30	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1187	23	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1380	18	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1144	23	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1706	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1367	18	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1342	18	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1344	18	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1494	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1953	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1578	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1545	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1991	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#202	10	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#221	9	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#163	13	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#226	9	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#304	5	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#416	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#281	6	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#387	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #163, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 30 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2010, and 14 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Colbie · #727, 22y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ayah · #162, 30y
Cathair · #164, 27y
Hattie · #156, 29y
Assumpta · #154, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aleena · #162, 30y
Ayah · #162, 30y
Cathair · #164, 27y
Emelia · #164, 30y

Cohan was ranked #163 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2022. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Cohan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Cohan without appearing here.

Cohan moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2325 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1322 and #5119.
Robyn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2325 and #2325 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1322 and #4270.
Willow Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2325 and #2325 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1322 and #4270.
Harald Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2901 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1545 and #4052.

Moved ahead of Cohan

Aksel Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1290 and #1688 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2320 and #1224.
Albie Compare
In 2017 they stood at #281 and #320 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #416 and #416.

Moved the opposite way to Cohan

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cohan went from #2863 to #1322 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cohan went from #2863 to #1322 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cohan went from #2863 to #1322 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cohan went from #2863 to #1322 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Cohan

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cohan went from #2863 to #1322 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cohan went from #2863 to #1322 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cohan went from #2863 to #1322 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cohan went from #2863 to #1322 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #163 in Northern Ireland in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Cohan

Cohan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cohan across 2 official records

Cohan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Cohan across 2 official records

Cohan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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