Cohen

maleStatistical record

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

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

Cohen: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #96 in 2018, and it stood at #509 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
62times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#96highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1765
1997	#1454
1998	#2419
1999	#1505
2000	#2501
2001	#2220
2002	#1519
2003	#1771
2004	#731
2005	#605
2006	#404
2007	#474
2008	#368
2009	#391
2010	#323
2011	#315
2012	#318
2013	#313
2014	#316
2015	#297
2016	#295
2017	#299
2018	#319
2019	#329
2020	#354
2021	#446
2022	#391
2023	#424
2024	#418

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 every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #164 among boys in Northern Ireland, #290 among boys in Scotland, #418 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1765 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 recorded2005–2024
Highest recorded position: #96 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2018 (recorded 2005–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #509 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Cohen appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 2,476 births with the name.

Cohen across 4 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.

Cohen'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	#1765 (1996)	#295 (2016)	#418 (2024)	29 of 29	2,476 (1996–2024)	168 (2016)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#307 (2005)	#96 (2018)	#164 (2024)	20 of 20	294 (2005–2024)	28 (2018)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#629 (2007)	#509 (2025)	#509 (2025)	10 of 19	41 (2007–2025)	6 (2025)
New Zealand · Boys	#97 (2014)	#97 (2014)	#100 (2017)	2 of 4	99 (2014–2017)	52 (2017)

Cohen 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 Cohen in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	26	4 of 10	7
2000s	456	10 of 10	46
2010sbusiest	1,481	10 of 10	148
2020s	513	5 of 10	103

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 148 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2005 and 2006, when recorded births rose by 39, from 44 to 83.

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

Cohen 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 5 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #96 in Northern Ireland in 2018.

Cohen'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	#418	96	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#424	92	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#391	108	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#446	93	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#354	124	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#329	139	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#319	149	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#299	167	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#295	168	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#297	157	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#316	145	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#313	138	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#318	142	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#315	141	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#323	135	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#391	100	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#368	102	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#474	70	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#404	83	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#605	44	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#731	31	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1771	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1519	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1505	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1454	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified
2017	New Zealand	male	#100	52	High	Verified
2014	New Zealand	male	#97	47	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#164	13	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#145	16	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#142	17	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#139	18	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#152	15	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#110	24	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#96	28	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#105	27	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#148	19	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#139	20	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#171	15	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#153	17	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#161	16	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#168	15	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#248	7	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#329	4	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#217	9	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#315	4	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#223	7	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#509	6	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#552	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#637	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#550	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#290	13	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #96, first reached in 2018.

It held a top-100 place in 3 years, 2 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 168 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2005, and 28 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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Colby · #165, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Niko · #96, 29y
Payton · #96, 29y
Skylar · #96, 28y
Maverick · #97, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Autumn · #96, 30y
Embla · #96, 33y
Keanu · #96, 30y
Kora · #96, 27y

Cohen was ranked #96 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2018. 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.

Cohen 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 Cohen without appearing here.

Cohen moved ahead of

Kelly Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2220 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1519 and #3225.
Shannon Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2220 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1519 and #3225.
Brent Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1771 and #1771 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #731 and #2304.
Leif Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1771 and #1771 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #731 and #1878.

Moved ahead of Cohen

Arlo Compare
In 2008 they stood at #368 and #567 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #391 and #311.
Hunter Compare
In 2011 they stood at #315 and #473 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #318 and #238.
Roman Compare
In 2023 they stood at #145 and #161 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #164 and #108.
Hudson Compare
In 2011 they stood at #315 and #401 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #318 and #277.

Moved the opposite way to Cohen

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cohen went from #1765 to #418 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cohen went from #1765 to #418 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cohen went from #1765 to #418 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cohen went from #1765 to #418 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Cohen

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cohen went from #1765 to #418 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cohen went from #1765 to #418 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cohen went from #1765 to #418 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cohen went from #1765 to #418 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 5 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #96 in Northern Ireland in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Cohen

Cohen at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cohen across 4 official records

Cohen by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Cohen appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Cohen moved ahead of

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Cohen at a glance

Cohen across 4 official records

Cohen by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Cohen appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Cohen

Cohen and the names beside it

Cohen moved ahead of

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