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Knox

Rank in 2024
#209
Born in 2024
1,701
Peak year
2022 · #199
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Rising
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 1,701 boys were named Knox, about 1 in every 1,008.
  • It peaked in 2022 with 1,900 babies, ranked #199.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1881.
  • 22,294 boys have been named Knox since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Knox per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 261 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 207 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 155 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 32 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 95 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,846 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 18,670 babies, 0.86 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic cnoc (“round hill”).

  • A male given name from the surname.
Origin
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Say it
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From Wiktionary’s entry for Knox, CC BY-SA 4.0.