Knute was the #7,679 boys' name in the US in 2025 (10 babies).
Knute as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2025
#7,679 (10)
2018
#12,156 (5)
2015
#12,086 (5)
2014
#10,717 (6)
2011
#12,287 (5)
2009
#10,994 (6)
2008
#12,553 (5)
2004
#9,948 (6)
2003
#7,831 (8)
1999
#8,704 (6)
1997
#8,110 (6)
1996
#7,136 (7)
1993
#6,816 (7)
1991
#8,236 (5)
1989
#6,229 (7)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1893 at #836.
In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
How common is it?
about 1 in 170,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.