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Knox: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,836 in 2025. Its best rank was #196 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. About 99% of babies named Knox in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#196 for US boys in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Knox: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,836 boys in 2025. Peak: #196 in 2025 · most boys in one year: 1,902 (2022).
In 2025, 1,836 US boys were named Knox, making it the 196th most common boys’ name of the year, up 13 places from #209 in 2024. That is 130 more than the 1,706 boys named Knox in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #196, reached in this year, 2025. The most boys given the name in a single year was 1,902, in 2022. For comparison, it was #258 in 2015 and #2,507 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Knox in 103 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 8 babies. In all, 24,382 US babies have been given the name, 1.0% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 12,170 babies named Knox.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 16,943 US boys were named Knox; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 1,902. In 2025 that was about 1 in 930 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Knox ranked highest in Nebraska in 2025, at #53 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 11 states (counting DC).
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 6 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | 40 | #53 | #98 |
| Idaho | 29 | #78 | #200 |
| Iowa | 43 | #78 | #100 |
| Arkansas | 39 | #80 | #117 |
| Wyoming | 6 | #80 | #145 |
| Montana | 15 | #81 | #266 |
| North Dakota | 14 | #81 | #123 |
| Oklahoma | 50 | #83 | #139 |
| Utah | 58 | #88 | #177 |
| Kentucky | 54 | #99 | #141 |
| West Virginia | 20 | #100 | #315 |
| South Dakota | 13 | #102 | #129 |
| Missouri | 65 | #106 | #234 |
| Kansas | 31 | #129 | #206 |
| Tennessee | 75 | #129 | #114 |
| Louisiana | 37 | #138 | #282 |
| Indiana | 58 | #139 | #138 |
| Mississippi | 22 | #148 | #451 |
| Alabama | 38 | #152 | #304 |
| Ohio | 85 | #162 | #234 |
| Minnesota | 41 | #164 | #246 |
| South Carolina | 34 | #169 | #193 |
| Georgia | 73 | #172 | #208 |
| Illinois | 69 | #172 | #257 |
| Wisconsin | 34 | #183 | #276 |
| Delaware | 6 | #191 | — |
| Hawaii | 6 | #195 | #218 |
| Arizona | 42 | #201 | #339 |
| North Carolina | 62 | #202 | #231 |
| Texas | 189 | #209 | #243 |
| Michigan | 45 | #220 | #270 |
| Virginia | 36 | #242 | #366 |
| Pennsylvania | 51 | #243 | #466 |
| Colorado | 27 | #245 | #212 |
| New Hampshire | 5 | #253 | — |
| Washington | 30 | #254 | #356 |
| Florida | 81 | #256 | #355 |
| Oregon | 14 | #302 | #205 |
| Maryland | 18 | #310 | #405 |
| Connecticut | 10 | #310 | — |
| Nevada | 10 | #316 | #264 |
| New York | 47 | #377 | #635 |
| Massachusetts | 12 | #425 | #780 |
| California | 74 | #435 | #466 |
| New Jersey | 11 | #628 | #815 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #8,121 | 1,836 | #196 |
| 2024 | 20 | #6,056 | 1,706 | #209 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,656 | 1,783 | #208 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,731 | 1,902 | #199 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,487 | 1,737 | #220 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,506 | 1,530 | #238 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,304 | 1,563 | #241 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,913 | 1,707 | #219 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,690 | 1,640 | #233 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,442 | 1,539 | #245 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,233 | 1,403 | #258 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,879 | 1,244 | #286 |
| 2013 | 9 | #11,513 | 928 | #344 |
| 2012 | — | — | 822 | #368 |
| 2011 | 7 | #14,116 | 630 | #434 |
| 2010 | — | — | 579 | #459 |
| 2009 | — | — | 341 | #704 |
| 2008 | — | — | 93 | #1,661 |
| 2007 | — | — | 61 | #2,201 |
| 2006 | — | — | 60 | #2,163 |
| 2005 | — | — | 48 | #2,415 |
| 2004 | — | — | 50 | #2,297 |
| 2003 | — | — | 33 | #2,968 |
| 2002 | — | — | 25 | #3,515 |
| 2001 | — | — | 20 | #4,051 |
| 2000 | — | — | 22 | #3,712 |
| 1999 | — | — | 21 | #3,652 |
| 1998 | — | — | 24 | #3,247 |
| 1997 | — | — | 17 | #3,976 |
| 1996 | — | — | 17 | #3,937 |
| 1995 | — | — | 11 | #5,353 |
| 1994 | — | — | 6 | #8,329 |
| 1993 | — | — | 9 | #6,013 |
| 1992 | — | — | 9 | #5,918 |
| 1991 | — | — | 6 | #7,810 |
| 1990 | — | — | 7 | #6,842 |
| 1989 | — | — | 6 | #7,480 |
| 1988 | — | — | 5 | #7,961 |
| 1986 | — | — | 6 | #6,361 |
| 1985 | — | — | 8 | #4,950 |
| 1982 | — | — | 5 | #6,910 |
| 1973 | — | — | 5 | #5,510 |
| 1971 | — | — | 7 | #4,180 |
| 1970 | — | — | 8 | #3,689 |
| 1966 | — | — | 7 | #3,394 |
| 1965 | — | — | 5 | #4,213 |
| 1964 | — | — | 5 | #4,349 |
| 1963 | — | — | 7 | #3,506 |
| 1962 | — | — | 7 | #3,483 |
| 1961 | — | — | 10 | #2,807 |
| 1959 | — | — | 8 | #3,156 |
| 1958 | — | — | 10 | #2,733 |
| 1957 | — | — | 6 | #3,783 |
| 1955 | — | — | 8 | #3,099 |
| 1954 | — | — | 12 | #2,378 |
| 1953 | — | — | 14 | #2,150 |
| 1952 | — | — | 9 | #2,788 |
| 1951 | — | — | 15 | #2,014 |
| 1950 | — | — | 10 | #2,507 |
| 1949 | — | — | 12 | #2,282 |
| 1948 | — | — | 5 | #3,953 |
| 1947 | — | — | 10 | #2,583 |
| 1946 | — | — | 7 | #3,044 |
| 1945 | — | — | 9 | #2,490 |
| 1944 | — | — | 9 | #2,555 |
| 1943 | — | — | 14 | #2,035 |
| 1942 | — | — | 15 | #1,912 |
| 1941 | — | — | 15 | #1,860 |
| 1940 | — | — | 15 | #1,852 |
| 1939 | — | — | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1938 | — | — | 6 | #3,361 |
| 1937 | — | — | 9 | #2,588 |
| 1936 | — | — | 9 | #2,539 |
| 1935 | — | — | 9 | #2,627 |
| 1934 | — | — | 14 | #1,975 |
| 1933 | — | — | 11 | #2,295 |
| 1932 | — | — | 7 | #3,235 |
| 1931 | — | — | 11 | #2,398 |
| 1930 | — | — | 13 | #2,241 |
| 1929 | — | — | 19 | #1,761 |
| 1928 | — | — | 16 | #2,009 |
| 1927 | — | — | 15 | #2,156 |
| 1926 | — | — | 16 | #2,032 |
| 1925 | — | — | 11 | #2,677 |
| 1924 | — | — | 16 | #2,094 |
| 1923 | — | — | 21 | #1,726 |
| 1922 | — | — | 21 | #1,729 |
| 1921 | — | — | 22 | #1,678 |
| 1920 | — | — | 16 | #2,096 |
| 1919 | — | — | 19 | #1,782 |
| 1918 | — | — | 18 | #1,863 |
| 1917 | — | — | 23 | #1,507 |
| 1916 | — | — | 18 | #1,733 |
| 1915 | — | — | 9 | #2,732 |
| 1914 | — | — | 6 | #3,095 |
| 1913 | — | — | 10 | #1,882 |
| 1912 | — | — | 8 | #1,969 |
| 1909 | — | — | 6 | #1,377 |
| 1907 | — | — | 6 | #1,269 |
| 1900 | — | — | 8 | #1,006 |
| 1896 | — | — | 5 | #1,184 |
| 1888 | — | — | 7 | #874 |
| 1881 | — | — | 8 | #677 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).