Knowledge

Recorded 1989–2025 · United States

Knowledge was most popular in 2020, when 218 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,064 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,571, with 161 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,499 people named Knowledge.

Most popular in2020

Rank that year#2,064

Births that year218

Total since 18802,499

Given to95% boys

Knowledge over time

Births per year. The dot marks Knowledge’s peak in 2020. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Knowledge a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Knowledge is a boy’s name — 5.0% of the 2,499 Americans given it were girls and 95.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 7% girls and 93% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Knowledge

Where Knowledge is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org