How Many People Are Named Cohan?
An estimated 333 people in the United States have the first name Cohan. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 11 years old, and Cohan peaked in popularity in 2023 with 31 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Cohan as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Cohan paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
333
About 1 in 1,029,292 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
11
years old
Peak Year
2023
31 births
Total Registered
336
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Cohan
Cohan is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 336 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Cohan as a male name
Ranked #3,800 in 2024
29 male births in 2024
Peak: 2023 (31 births)
Cohan: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Cohan span from the 2000s to the 2020s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 131 babies were registered. Cohan remains highly popular today, with recent registration numbers near its historical peak.
Cohan by Decade
How has Cohan tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Cohan + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Cohan as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Cohan
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Cohan: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Cohan?
We estimate approximately 333 people named Cohan are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,029,292 Americans share this first name.
Is Cohan a common name?
Cohan is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 80.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 336 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Cohan most popular?
Cohan reached peak popularity in 2023, when 31 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Cohan is approximately 11 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Cohan a male name?
Cohan is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Cohan Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Cohan Smith, Cohan Johnson, Cohan Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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