# Knox name report

Canonical URL: https://babynameranks.com/name/m/knox
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2025

## Summary
Knox ranked #196 officially for boys in 2025. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #194.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #196
- Birth count: 1,836
- Rate per 10,000: 10.75

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Knox
- Rank: #194
- Birth count: 1,836
- Rate per 10,000: 10.75
- Official count multiplier: 1.00x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.01
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.06
- Expected per school of 300: 0.17
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 5.3%

## Trend
- Label: recently peaked
- Peak rate year: 2022
- Best rank year: 2025
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 98.7%

## Spelling components
- Knox: 1,836 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://babynameranks.com/methodology