Knox
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NOKS
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #754 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #196 for boys
Big in Scotland
Knox is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “round hill”. In 2025 it ranked 754th for boys in the UK (51 babies) and 196th for boys in the US (1,836 babies).
What does Knox mean?
Scottish: Scottish surname, from a word for a hill
“round hill”
From a Scottish surname; John Knox led the Protestant Reformation in Scotland in the 16th century.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Knox a girl's or a boy's name?
Knox is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 51 boys in the UK and 13 girls and 1,836 boys in the US.
How popular is Knox in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #754among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 51about 1 in 5,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 94% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 51 boys in the UK were named Knox, making it the 754th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 960th.
2025 had the most boys named Knox of any year since it first appeared, in 2009.
Half of all the boys named Knox in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 822nd in England and Wales and 298th in Scotland.
Knox in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51 | #754 |
| 2024 | 44 | #824 |
| 2023 | 39 | #892 |
| 2022 | 42 | #829 |
| 2021 | 29 | #1,085 |
| 2020 | 33 | #960 |
| 2019 | 14 | #1,756 |
| 2018 | 22 | #1,280 |
| 2017 | 22 | #1,290 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,007 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,612 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
How popular is Knox in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #196among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,836about 1 in 930 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.5%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,836 boys in the US were named Knox, making it the 196th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 238th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 1,902 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881. 13 girls were also named Knox in 2025 (7,883rd for girls).
Half of all the boys named Knox in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,949 boys in the US were given Knox or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #206.
Knox in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,836 | #196 |
| 2024 | 1,706 | #209 |
| 2023 | 1,783 | #208 |
| 2022 | 1,902 | #199 |
| 2021 | 1,737 | #220 |
| 2020 | 1,530 | #238 |
| 2019 | 1,563 | #241 |
| 2018 | 1,707 | #219 |
| 2017 | 1,640 | #233 |
| 2016 | 1,539 | #245 |
| 2015 | 1,403 | #258 |
| 2014 | 1,244 | #286 |
| 2013 | 928 | #344 |
| 2012 | 822 | #367 |
| 2011 | 630 | #434 |
| 2010 | 579 | #459 |
| 2009 | 341 | #704 |
| 2008 | 93 | #1,655 |
| 2007 | 61 | #2,185 |
| 2006 | 60 | #2,149 |
| 2005 | 48 | #2,395 |
| 2004 | 50 | #2,279 |
| 2003 | 33 | #2,918 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,445 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | 21 | #3,586 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,704 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,962 |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,315 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,098 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,678 |
| 1951 | 15 | #1,971 |
| 1950 | 10 | #2,437 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,224 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 10 | #2,497 |
| 1946 | 7 | #2,918 |
| 1945 | 9 | #2,392 |
| 1944 | 9 | #2,466 |
| 1943 | 14 | #1,985 |
| 1942 | 15 | #1,867 |
| 1941 | 15 | #1,821 |
| 1940 | 15 | #1,802 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,529 |
| 1934 | 14 | #1,932 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,213 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,327 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,178 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,731 |
| 1928 | 16 | #1,960 |
| 1927 | 15 | #2,121 |
| 1926 | 16 | #1,981 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,043 |
| 1923 | 21 | #1,695 |
| 1922 | 21 | #1,695 |
| 1921 | 22 | #1,648 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,051 |
| 1919 | 19 | #1,751 |
| 1918 | 18 | #1,826 |
| 1917 | 23 | #1,479 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,697 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,620 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,802 |
| 1912 | 8 | #1,884 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,199 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 8 | #967 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,100 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 7 | #815 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 8 | #653 |
Names like Knox
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jax Lennox Finley Oakley Hudson Theo Finn Rowan Enzo Atlas Myles Albie
Other spellings of Knox
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Knox: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/knox, updated 20 October 2026.