Knox
Rank in 2025
#7885
recorded as girls
#196
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
1,849
girls 13 · boys 1,836
Peak year
2022
1,902 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
24,382
since 1881
Born a Knox? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Knox was most popular in 2022, when 1,902 babies recorded as boys got the name (1.1 per 1,000). In 2025, 1,836 babies were named Knox, ranking #196 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | 7885 | 1,836 | 196 |
| 2024 | 20 | 5962 | 1,706 | 209 |
| 2023 | 22 | 5549 | 1,783 | 208 |
| 2022 | 29 | 4671 | 1,902 | 199 |
| 2021 | 23 | 5398 | 1,737 | 220 |
| 2020 | 18 | 6325 | 1,530 | 238 |
| 2019 | 19 | 6176 | 1,563 | 241 |
| 2018 | 21 | 5785 | 1,707 | 219 |
| 2017 | 18 | 6531 | 1,640 | 233 |
| 2016 | 16 | 7230 | 1,539 | 245 |
| 2015 | 14 | 8008 | 1,403 | 258 |
| 2014 | 11 | 9517 | 1,244 | 286 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11000 | 928 | 344 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 822 | 367 |
| 2011 | 7 | 13347 | 630 | 434 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 579 | 459 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 341 | 704 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 93 | 1655 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 61 | 2185 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 60 | 2150 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 48 | 2399 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 50 | 2283 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 33 | 2922 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 25 | 3450 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 20 | 3974 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 22 | 3640 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 21 | 3591 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 24 | 3191 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 17 | 3877 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 17 | 3830 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 11 | 5124 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 6 | 7770 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 9 | 5771 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 9 | 5660 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 6 | 7271 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 7 | 6415 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 6 | 6941 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 5 | 7270 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 6 | 5926 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 8 | 4698 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 5 | 6385 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1980 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1979 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1978 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
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| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 5 | 5101 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 7 | 3963 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 8 | 3521 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1968 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1967 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 7 | 3249 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 5 | 3930 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 5 | 4039 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 7 | 3318 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 7 | 3305 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 10 | 2706 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 8 | 3037 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 10 | 2642 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 6 | 3552 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 8 | 2964 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 12 | 2316 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 14 | 2099 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 9 | 2680 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 15 | 1972 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 10 | 2438 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 12 | 2225 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 5 | 3668 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 10 | 2498 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 7 | 2919 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 9 | 2393 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 9 | 2467 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 14 | 1986 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 15 | 1867 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 15 | 1821 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 15 | 1802 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 6 | 3113 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 6 | 3175 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 9 | 2479 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 9 | 2452 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 9 | 2529 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 14 | 1932 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 11 | 2214 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 7 | 3092 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 11 | 2328 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 13 | 2178 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 19 | 1731 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 16 | 1960 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 15 | 2121 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 16 | 1981 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 11 | 2588 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 16 | 2043 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 21 | 1696 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 21 | 1695 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 22 | 1648 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 16 | 2052 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 19 | 1752 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 18 | 1827 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 23 | 1479 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 18 | 1698 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 9 | 2621 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 6 | 2915 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 10 | 1803 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 8 | 1885 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1910 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1909 | <5 | — | 6 | 1277 |
| 1908 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1907 | <5 | — | 6 | 1200 |
| 1906 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1905 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1904 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1903 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1902 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1901 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1900 | <5 | — | 8 | 968 |
| 1899 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1898 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1897 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1896 | <5 | — | 5 | 1101 |
| 1895 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1894 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1893 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1892 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1891 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1890 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1889 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1888 | <5 | — | 7 | 815 |
| 1887 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1886 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1885 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1884 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1883 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1882 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1881 | <5 | — | 8 | 653 |
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Where Knox is most popular
- South Dakota4.0×
- Nebraska3.2×
- North Dakota3.0×
- Montana2.7×
- Iowa2.6×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 1% · boys 99% across all years