Knowledge
#2,743 most common boys' name of all time · #6,603 across all names · 95% male / 5% female · used 1989–2025
Rank among boys
#2,743
Rank overall
#6,603 of 105,966
First appeared
1989
Years on the list
29 of 146
All-time
2,499
Since 2016
1,737
Peak year
2020 #1,020
Best rank
#1,020 2020
Girls
Boys
peak 218/yr
Knowledge first appears in 1989. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | 150 | 161 | #1,302 |
| 2024 | 10 | 186 | 196 | #1,138 |
| 2023 | 11 | 188 | 199 | #1,125 |
| 2022 | 15 | 199 | 214 | #1,092 |
| 2021 | 18 | 177 | 195 | #1,142 |
| 2020 | 14 | 204 | 218 | #1,020 |
| 2019 | 8 | 160 | 168 | #1,201 |
| 2018 | 11 | 139 | 150 | #1,312 |
| 2017 | 7 | 107 | 114 | #1,538 |
| 2016 | 9 | 113 | 122 | #1,510 |
| 2015 | — | 76 | 76 | #1,926 |
| 2014 | 5 | 71 | 76 | #2,014 |
| 2013 | 5 | 51 | 56 | #2,449 |
| 2012 | — | 67 | 67 | #2,063 |
| 2011 | — | 61 | 61 | #2,164 |
| 2010 | — | 50 | 50 | #2,502 |
| 2009 | — | 53 | 53 | #2,438 |
| 2008 | — | 40 | 40 | #2,995 |
| 2007 | — | 34 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2006 | — | 41 | 41 | #2,822 |
| 2005 | — | 33 | 33 | #3,160 |
| 2004 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,615 |
| 2003 | — | 24 | 24 | #3,707 |
| 2002 | — | 38 | 38 | #2,598 |
| 2001 | — | 31 | 31 | #2,982 |
| 2000 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,042 |
| 1999 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,687 |
| 1998 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,171 |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,107 |