Knut — boys' name

What the Data Says About Knut

The Social Security Administration has registered 60 babies named Knut between 1916 and 2013, spanning 98 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Knut currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Knut performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Knut shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Knut 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 60 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.