Knolan — #8136 US boys' name
136 babies named Knolan in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 43% of names given to boys today.
63% of everyone ever named Knolan was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Knolan in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Knolan
The Social Security Administration has registered 136 babies named Knolan between 2010 and 2024, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Knolan currently holds the #8136 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Knolan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Knolan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Knolan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Knolan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 136 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Knolan at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Knolan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2010
- Peak year (2022)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
Currently ranks #8136 among boys.
136 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 16 births in a single year.
Knolan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 85 births that decade — 63% of Knolan's all-time total
Knolan decade highlights
- Peak decade 85 births
- Runner-up 51 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Knolan's strongest decade
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
Knolan by state
Where Knolan concentrates geographically — total births since 2010
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 5 | 3.7% |
5 of 136 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 3.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 3.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2010–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.