Knute — boys' name

What the Data Says About Knute

The Social Security Administration has registered 681 babies named Knute between 1880 and 2018, spanning 139 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Knute currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1931, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Knute performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 115 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Knute shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Knute in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Knute 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 681 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.