How Many People Are Named Knight?
people named Knight are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 373,127 people in the US has this name
Based on 934 babies named Knight in Social Security records from 1923 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
74 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Knight in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Knight alive today is about 8 years old, and 99% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 11 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Knight first appears in the records in 1923 and was given most often in 2022, to 74 babies. In 2025, 56 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1923 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Knight has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,051, in 2022. In 2025 it ranked #2,435.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,435 |
| Best rank | #2,051 (2022) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,604 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Knight alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Knight were born in California than in any other state: about 99 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Knight was given 3 times as often in California and 2.1 times in Texas.
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