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.

Knut

#18,110 most common boys' name of all time · #47,431 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1916–2013

Rank among boys
#18,110
Rank overall
#47,431 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
11 of 146
All-time
65
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1968 #3,003
Best rank
#3,003 1968
Girls Boys peak 9/yr
19201940196019802000

Knut first appears in 1916. 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
2013 — 7 7 #9,788
1985 — 6 6 #5,925
1968 — 9 9 #3,003
1967 — 5 5 #4,216
1960 — 7 7 #3,514
1957 — 5 5 #4,277
1955 — 6 6 #3,727
1943 — 5 5 #3,873
1930 — 5 5 #4,336
1925 — 5 5 #4,601
1916 — 5 5 #4,412