Knight
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Knight is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “knight; originally boy, servant”. In 2025 it ranked 2,421st for boys in the US (56 babies).
What does Knight mean?
English: English word and surname
“knight; originally boy, servant”
From the English word knight, which in Old English (cniht) meant a boy or servant.
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Is Knight a girl's or a boy's name?
Knight is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 56 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Knight in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 5 boys.
Knight in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
How popular is Knight in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,421among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 56about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 56 boys in the US were named Knight, making it the 2,421st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,069th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 74 boys. It first appears in the records in 1923.
Half of all the boys named Knight in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Knight in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | #2,421 |
| 2024 | 49 | #2,674 |
| 2023 | 61 | #2,289 |
| 2022 | 74 | #2,038 |
| 2021 | 58 | #2,348 |
| 2020 | 68 | #2,069 |
| 2019 | 70 | #2,061 |
| 2018 | 57 | #2,324 |
| 2017 | 60 | #2,216 |
| 2016 | 52 | #2,437 |
| 2015 | 57 | #2,299 |
| 2014 | 43 | #2,752 |
| 2013 | 40 | #2,846 |
| 2012 | 38 | #3,000 |
| 2011 | 36 | #3,113 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
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