Knight Popularity by Year
Follow Knight across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Knight birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 56 | #2,421 | Up 253 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 49 | #2,674 | Down 384 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 61 | #2,290 | Down 251 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 74 | #2,039 | Up 310 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 58 | #2,349 | Down 280 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 68 | #2,069 | Down 7 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 70 | #2,062 | Up 263 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 57 | #2,325 | Down 108 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 60 | #2,217 | Up 220 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 52 | #2,437 | Down 137 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 57 | #2,300 | Up 454 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 43 | #2,754 | Up 94 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 40 | #2,848 | Up 154 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 38 | #3,002 | Up 112 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 36 | #3,114 | Up 985 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 24 | #4,099 | Up 1,235 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 17 | #5,334 | Up 1,429 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 12 | #6,763 | Up 4,158 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 6 | #10,921 | Down 2,923 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 9 | #7,998 | Up 1,117 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 7 | #9,115 | Up 1,779 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 5 | #10,894 | Down 1,502 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 6 | #9,392 | Down 1,976 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 8 | #7,416 | Up 2,215 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 5 | #9,631 | Down 931 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 5 | #8,700 | Down 5,021 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 5 | #3,679 | Up 143 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 6 | #3,822 | — |