Boys' name · since 1923
Knight
Knight has 934 recorded births since 1923 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,359 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,429 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 934
- born since 1923
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Knight is the #2429 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 934 recorded since 1923.
Knight has 934 recorded births among boys since 1923, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2429 as of the latest data, more common than 83% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1923 to 2025.
- #5,359 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,429 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 934 born since 1923
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Knight ranks #5,359 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,429 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 934 born since 1923, peaking in the 2010s.
- #5,359 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,429 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 934
- born since 1923
- 2010s
- peak decade
Knight's 934 recorded births place it above 88.21% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Knight compares
934 Top 33% higher than 67% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Knight's all-time total is 153% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Knight | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 934 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 74 | 34 | 22,252 |
Knight's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Knight splits its recorded history at 2012: 84% of all births land in the more recent half, 16% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1934 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 74 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Knight popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1923–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 74
- Annual births at peak, across 103 years of records
Knight by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (477 births, 51% of the file).
2010s was Knight's strongest decade.
477 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Knight births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s 70
2000s
70 births
- 2010s
2010s
477 births
- 2020s
2020s
366 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 477 births (51% of all-time use).
How Knight compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Knight's total volume
Knight by state
Where Knight concentrates geographically, total births since 1923
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 100 | 10.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 61 | 6.5% |
| #3 | Florida | | 34 | 3.6% |
| #4 | New York | | 27 | 2.9% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 18 | 1.9% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Hawaii | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.5% |
100 of 934 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Knight's data
- Knight's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (477 total births) through the 2020s (366) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Knights (100 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Knight: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~102 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1923–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Knight draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.