Knowledge
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NOL-ij
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #1,297 for boys
Knowledge is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “knowledge”. In 2025 it ranked 1,297th for boys in the US (150 babies).
What does Knowledge mean?
English: English word used as a virtue name
“knowledge”
In the Five-Percent Nation's Supreme Mathematics, Knowledge is the first principle.
Is Knowledge a girl's or a boy's name?
Knowledge is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls and 150 boys in the US.
How popular is Knowledge in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,297th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 150 about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 150 boys in the US were named Knowledge, making it the 1,297th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,017th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 204 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989. 11 girls were also named Knowledge in 2025 (8,858th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Knowledge than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Knowledge in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Knowledge in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 150 | #1,297 |
| 2024 | 186 | #1,135 |
| 2023 | 188 | #1,124 |
| 2022 | 199 | #1,092 |
| 2021 | 177 | #1,140 |
| 2020 | 204 | #1,017 |
| 2019 | 160 | #1,193 |
| 2018 | 139 | #1,305 |
| 2017 | 107 | #1,530 |
| 2016 | 113 | #1,501 |
| 2015 | 76 | #1,910 |
| 2014 | 71 | #1,999 |
| 2013 | 51 | #2,423 |
| 2012 | 67 | #2,048 |
| 2011 | 61 | #2,144 |
| 2010 | 50 | #2,466 |
| 2009 | 53 | #2,400 |
| 2008 | 40 | #2,945 |
| 2007 | 34 | #3,248 |
| 2006 | 41 | #2,783 |
| 2005 | 33 | #3,087 |
| 2004 | 26 | #3,530 |
| 2003 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 2002 | 38 | #2,552 |
| 2001 | 31 | #2,926 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 21 | #3,586 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
Names like Knowledge
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kyaire, Ridge, Kayden, Deacon, Cannon, Finnegan, Kian, Case, Raiden, Declan, Ronan, Kyrie
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Knowledge: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/knowledge, updated 20 October 2026.