Knowledge
Knowledge was the 1303rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 150 babies. Its best year was 2020, when it ranked 1020th with 204 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 622 places. More babies were named Knowledge in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,303 boys, down 283 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 150boys
- Girls and boys
- 7% girls, 93% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2020204 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,499babies recorded
Knowledge popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,190 | #1,303 | 11 | 150 |
| 2020 | #7,772 | #1,020 | 14 | 204 |
| 2010 | — | #2,493 | — | 50 |
| 2000 | — | #4,006 | — | 20 |
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How popular is Knowledge, counting every spelling?
Knowledge has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #1,234 for boys in 2025, against #1,303 on the official list.
How many kids will share the name Knowledge?
150 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Knowledge (0.04 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Knowledge born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 56 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Knowledge.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Knowledge?
About 2,400 people born in the US named Knowledge are alive today, with a median age of 7; half are between 4 and 13. That makes Knowledge a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Knowledge by state
How common Knowledge was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in South Carolina (5.6×), North Carolina (2.8×), Georgia (2.7×), Louisiana (2.4×), Florida (2.0×). In 29 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Knowledge: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Knowledge, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Knowledge
How popular is the name Knowledge?
Knowledge was the 1303rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 150 babies. Its best year was 2020, when it ranked 1020th with 204 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 622 places. More babies were named Knowledge in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Knowledge a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 7% girls, 93% boys given the name Knowledge in the US.
Where is Knowledge most popular?
In 2021–2025, Knowledge was most common in South Carolina (0.58 per 1,000 boys), followed by North Carolina and Georgia.