Knox
#746 most common boys' name of all time · #1,675 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1881–2025
Rank among boys
#746
Rank overall
#1,675 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
103 of 146
All-time
24,382
Since 2016
17,142
Peak year
2022 #199
Best rank
#196 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 1,931/yr
Knox first appears in 1881. 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 | 13 | 1,836 | 1,849 | #196 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1,706 | 1,726 | #209 |
| 2023 | 22 | 1,783 | 1,805 | #208 |
| 2022 | 29 | 1,902 | 1,931 | #199 |
| 2021 | 23 | 1,737 | 1,760 | #220 |
| 2020 | 18 | 1,530 | 1,548 | #238 |
| 2019 | 19 | 1,563 | 1,582 | #241 |
| 2018 | 21 | 1,707 | 1,728 | #219 |
| 2017 | 18 | 1,640 | 1,658 | #233 |
| 2016 | 16 | 1,539 | 1,555 | #245 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,403 | 1,417 | #258 |
| 2014 | 11 | 1,244 | 1,255 | #286 |
| 2013 | 9 | 928 | 937 | #344 |
| 2012 | — | 822 | 822 | #367 |
| 2011 | 7 | 630 | 637 | #434 |
| 2010 | — | 579 | 579 | #459 |
| 2009 | — | 341 | 341 | #704 |
| 2008 | — | 93 | 93 | #1,657 |
| 2007 | — | 61 | 61 | #2,186 |
| 2006 | — | 60 | 60 | #2,151 |
| 2005 | — | 48 | 48 | #2,402 |
| 2004 | — | 50 | 50 | #2,284 |
| 2003 | — | 33 | 33 | #2,926 |
| 2002 | — | 25 | 25 | #3,453 |
| 2001 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,981 |
| 2000 | — | 22 | 22 | #3,648 |
| 1999 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,597 |
| 1998 | — | 24 | 24 | #3,202 |
| 1997 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,891 |
| 1996 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,838 |
| 1995 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,146 |
| 1994 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,799 |
| 1993 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,788 |
| 1992 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,683 |
| 1991 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,300 |
| 1990 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,446 |
| 1989 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,990 |
| 1988 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,317 |
| 1986 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,964 |
| 1985 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,722 |
| 1982 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,434 |
| 1973 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,147 |
| 1971 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,009 |
| 1970 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,550 |
| 1966 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,277 |
| 1965 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,967 |
| 1964 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,072 |
| 1963 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,353 |
| 1962 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 1961 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,728 |
| 1959 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,067 |
| 1958 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,665 |
| 1957 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,594 |
| 1955 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,993 |
| 1954 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,339 |
| 1953 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,109 |
| 1952 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,706 |
| 1951 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,984 |
| 1950 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,466 |
| 1949 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,244 |
| 1948 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,716 |
| 1947 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,527 |
| 1946 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,953 |
| 1945 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,423 |
| 1944 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,494 |
| 1943 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,009 |
| 1942 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,886 |
| 1941 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,844 |
| 1940 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,818 |
| 1939 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,152 |
| 1938 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,215 |
| 1937 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,508 |
| 1936 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,483 |
| 1935 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,564 |
| 1934 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,960 |
| 1933 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,239 |
| 1932 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,124 |
| 1931 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,355 |
| 1930 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,201 |
| 1929 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,744 |
| 1928 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,982 |
| 1927 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,129 |
| 1926 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,001 |
| 1925 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,613 |
| 1924 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,063 |
| 1923 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,706 |
| 1922 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,711 |
| 1921 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,660 |
| 1920 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,073 |
| 1919 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,763 |
| 1918 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,845 |
| 1917 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,494 |
| 1916 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,712 |
| 1915 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,647 |
| 1914 | — | 6 | 6 | #2,948 |
| 1913 | — | 10 | 10 | #1,829 |
| 1912 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,914 |
| 1909 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,327 |
| 1907 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,251 |
| 1900 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,012 |
| 1896 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,172 |
| 1888 | — | 7 | 7 | #878 |
| 1881 | — | 8 | 8 | #701 |