How Many People Are Named Knight?
An estimated 861 people in the United States have the first name Knight. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 10 years old, and Knight peaked in popularity in 2022 with 74 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Knight as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Knight paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
861
About 1 in 398,089 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
10
years old
Peak Year
2022
74 births
Total Registered
878
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Knight
Knight is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 878 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Knight as a male name
Ranked #2,684 in 2024
49 male births in 2024
Peak: 2022 (74 births)
Knight: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Knight span from the 1920s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 477 babies were registered. While Knight is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Knight by Decade
How has Knight tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Knight by State
Birth registrations for Knight span all 7 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, Florida. The lowest are in Hawaii, Arizona, Georgia. On average, about 33 Knights were registered per state.
Knight + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Knight as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Knight
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Knight: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Knight?
We estimate approximately 861 people named Knight are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 398,089 Americans share this first name.
Is Knight a common name?
Knight is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 89.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 878 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Knight most popular?
Knight reached peak popularity in 2022, when 74 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Knight is approximately 10 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Knight a male name?
Knight is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Knight Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Knight Smith, Knight Johnson, Knight Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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