Knightly Popularity by Year
Follow Knightly across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Knightly 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Boys | 5 | #12,349 | Down 19 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 7 | #12,197 | Up 1,395 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 5 | #12,330 | Down 1,531 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 6 | #13,592 | Down 3,342 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 6 | #10,799 | Down 1,245 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 7 | #9,554 | Down 1,339 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 9 | #10,250 | Up 2,198 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 9 | #8,215 | Down 1,120 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 7 | #12,448 | Up 1,345 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 6 | #13,793 | Down 917 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 11 | #7,095 | Up 5,090 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 5 | #12,185 | Down 2,617 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 7 | #12,876 | — |
| 2015 | Boys | 7 | #9,568 | Up 1,202 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 6 | #10,770 | — |