Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

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
1900192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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