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Knoxton

Boy · NOKS-tun · Modern

Knoxton is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).

What does Knoxton mean?

Modern: elaboration of Knox with -ton

Built on Knox, a Scottish surname from Old English cnocc 'hillock'.

Say it
NOKS-tun

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

Knoxton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Knoxton in the US?

Rank in 2025
#6,140among boys
Babies in 2025
14about 1 in 120,000 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 30% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Knoxton, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 2011.

Half of all the boys named Knoxton in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

2011Busiest: 19 in 20232025
Knoxton in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202514#6,140
202419#5,063
202319#5,070
202216#5,629
202113#6,330
202012#6,616
201916#5,551
201812#6,699
201713#6,334
20169#8,141
20150–
20140–
20135#12,129
20128#8,858
20116#10,801

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