Knox
Knox is ranked 209th among boys in 2024 (1,701 births). Its best rank was 199th, in 2022.
- Rank in 2024
- #209down 1 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,7010.10% of boys
- Peak year
- 20221,900 births
- Best rank
- #199in 2022
- Since 1881
- 22,294people given the name
The story in the numbers
22,294 boys have been named Knox in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 1,900 births — 0.11% of all boys recorded that year.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2018, and the 2010s alone account for 54%. It has spent 18 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Knox | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 15 | |
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 20 | |
| 1910s | 111 | |
| 1920s | 173 | |
| 1930s | 95 | |
| 1940s | 111 | |
| 1950s | 92 | |
| 1960s | 41 | |
| 1970s | 20 | |
| 1980s | 30 | |
| 1990s | 127 | |
| 2000s | 753 | |
| 2010s | 12,053 | |
| 2020s | 8,648 |
In 2022, its biggest year
Knox was the 199th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2022 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2022.
Names that rose and fell with Knox
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jaxxpeak 2019
- Axtonpeak 2021
- Huckpeak 2018
- Axlepeak 2021
- Massiahpeak 2021
- Kaysenpeak 2022
- Caiuspeak 2024
- Odinpeak 2022
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.