Masculine dossier · first seen 1881

Knox

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Knox
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2022

Peak rank proxy

1,900

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen Alpha

1881Peak 20222024

Peak year

2022

Decline from peak

10.5%

2024

1,701

All-time

22,294

Knox has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2022, when 1,900 boys were named Knox.

In 2024, only 1,701 boys were given the name.

Down 10.5% from its peak.

All told, about 22,294 Americans have been named Knox and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1881.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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