Knox — #209 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Knox

The Social Security Administration has registered 22,294 babies named Knox between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Knox currently holds the #209 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 1,900 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Knox performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 12,053 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Knox shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 2,460 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Knox in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Knox 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 22,294 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.