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Knoxley

Gender
Boy
Say it
NOKS-lee
Origin
Modern
UK rank, 2025
#4,301 for boys
US rank, 2025
#6,837 for girls

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Knoxley is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).

Where does Knoxley come from?

Modern: blend of Knox and the -ley ending

Is Knoxley a girl's or a boy's name?

Knoxley is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 16 girls and 11 boys in the US.

How popular is Knoxley in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#4,301among boys
Babies in 2025
4about 1 in 75,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 300% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Knoxley, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 5 boys.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.

2023Busiest: 5 in 20232025
Knoxley in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20254#4,301
20240–
20235#3,712

How popular is Knoxley in the US?

Rank in 2025
#6,837among girls
Babies in 2025
16about 1 in 100,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Knoxley, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. It first appears in the records in 2017. 11 boys were also named Knoxley in 2025 (7,190th for boys).

2025 had the most girls named Knoxley of any year since it first appeared, in 2017.

Half of all the girls named Knoxley in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.

2017Busiest: 16 in 20252025
Knoxley in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202516#6,837
20249#10,266
202314#7,635
202212#8,536
202114#7,625
20208#11,085
20196#13,793
20187#12,459
20175#15,898

Nicknames for Knoxley

Names like Knoxley

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Knoxley

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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, “Knoxley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/knoxley, updated 20 October 2026.