Fun Facts About the Name Coen
- More than 4 thousand babies named Coen: U.S. records list 4,523 babies given the name Coen from 1880 through 2025. Even 17 girls received the name Coen - about 1 girl for every 265 boys.
What Does the Name Coen Mean?
Coen is a Dutch given name, usually a short form of Coenraad, the Dutch form of Conrad. It comes from the Germanic elements kuoni, meaning "bold" or "brave," and rad, meaning "counsel" or "advice," giving the literal sense "bold counsel." As a shortened form, Coen carries the meaning of the longer name rather than adding a component of its own.
Coen Name History & Origins
Coenraad, the source of Coen, is the Dutch form of Conrad, a Germanic name recorded in medieval Germany as Kuonrat and borne by several nobles and churchmen, including Conrad of Constance, a tenth-century bishop. In the Dutch-speaking Low Countries the long form was shortened in everyday use to Coen, which then became an independent given name. It is used in the Netherlands and by Afrikaans speakers in South Africa.
Coen also appears as a surname, for example in the Dutch colonial administrator Jan Pieterszoon Coen, governor-general of the Dutch East Indies in the seventeenth century. A separate strand is the Jewish surname Cohen, from the Hebrew kohen, "priest," which is sometimes spelled Coen; that spelling is best treated apart from the Dutch given name rather than as its source.
How Popular is the Name Coen?
Coen recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2016. Its best rank was #799 in 2016.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | #13,801 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #13,969 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2021 | #15,753 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,376 | 134 | 0.0078% |
| 2024 | #1,119 | 190 | 0.0111% |
| 2023 | #1,024 | 213 | 0.0125% |
| 2022 | #1,013 | 220 | 0.0126% |
| 2021 | #1,015 | 216 | 0.0124% |
| 2020 | #943 | 233 | 0.0135% |
| 2019 | #1,034 | 200 | 0.0112% |
| 2018 | #815 | 276 | 0.0152% |
| 2017 | #901 | 238 | 0.0129% |
| 2016 | #799 | 291 | 0.0153% |
| 2015 | #898 | 242 | 0.0126% |
| 2014 | #900 | 239 | 0.0124% |
| 2013 | #1,181 | 152 | 0.0080% |
| 2012 | #1,049 | 182 | 0.0096% |
| 2011 | #974 | 202 | 0.0106% |
| 2010 | #1,109 | 172 | 0.0090% |
| 2009 | #1,090 | 170 | 0.0086% |
| 2008 | #1,038 | 183 | 0.0090% |
| 2007 | #1,181 | 149 | 0.0072% |
| 2006 | #965 | 193 | 0.0094% |
| 2005 | #1,054 | 157 | 0.0079% |
| 2004 | #1,468 | 93 | 0.0047% |
| 2003 | #2,317 | 46 | 0.0023% |
| 2002 | #2,823 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 2001 | #5,433 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2000 | #4,085 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1999 | #6,122 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1998 | #5,537 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1997 | #4,484 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1996 | #9,249 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #9,039 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #8,415 | 5 | 0.0002% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Coen Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You are cheerful and friendly, but are apt to have an emotional life. You like to have several lines of effort going at once. You are a good talker and promoter and seldom worry over anything. At times, you can be impatient, and impulsive. You have the ability to bring an idea to completion. You can express yourself joyously and constructively. You might be psychic, but not know it. You are frank, methodical and believe in law, system and order.
You are always looking for a chance to do your own thing, to be your own person, and to have things done your own way.
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