Knox

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Knox is a primarily masculine given name, a transferred use of a Scottish surname and place name from the Scots Gaelic "cnoc" or Old English cnocc, referring to a small hill with a round top.

From Wikipedia

Knox first appears in the data in 2008 and has been recorded in 17 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2017 with 101 babies (rank #329 that year). In 2024 it was given to 86 boys (rank #379). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Knox

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Knox yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

1,177
Total babies (all years)
17
Years in the data
101
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
20085#2,846
200936#699
201035#707
201145#580
201251#533
201357#499
201476#396
201585#366
201682#383
2017101#329
201891#354
201984#375
202085#370
202197#342
202296#332
202365#451
202486#379