Knoxx
Masculine · “round hill”
Knoxx doubles the x on Knox, and the Scots knock is a round hill — the same word as the Gaelic cnoc, which the K in the spelling still records.
How old is the name Knoxx?
Knoxx first appears in US birth records in 2009 — 16 years ago. The typical Knoxx is a kid of about 5 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Knoxx are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Knoxx most popular?
Knoxx peaked in 2025, reaching #2091 nationally. Today it ranks #2091, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From cnoc to Knoxx
The story of Knoxx
John Knox led the Scottish Reformation and his preaching reshaped the country's church. Fort Knox, named for an American artillery general, holds the gold reserve. The Knoxx respelling appears in the American registers from the 2010s and is in current use.
Meaning
round hill
From the Scots knock and the Gaelic cnoc, 'hill' or 'hillock', through the surname Knox. The silent K in English spelling preserves a consonant that was once pronounced. The doubled x is a modern American variation with no meaning of its own.
How the name formed
- cnoc
- Knox
- Knoxx
Related forms: Knox · Cnoc
Pronouncing Knoxx
NOKS
One syllable. The K is silent; Knoxx and Knox are homophones.
Nicknames for Knoxx
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2009
- Most boys named
- 202570 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2091reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +12.9%70 in 2025, from 62
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Knoxx in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Knox in English — spelling variant
- Cnoc in Scottish Gaelic — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Utah.
Knoxxs among us
people named Knoxx are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 24,401 born in 2025 was named Knoxx
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Arick test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Knoxx's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Arick climbed just as high around 1993, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Arick's path sketches the road Knoxx is walking now.
Knoxx sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Knoxx is headed
Knoxx should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Knoxx beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Knoxx in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That the silent K records a sound English once said is a genuinely good fact.
- The hill meaning is concrete and undisputed.
- One syllable, sharp, and never mispronounced.
- Knox is overwhelmingly the standard spelling.
- The doubled x will be corrected by other people constantly.
- Fort Knox is a strong American association.
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Masculine · #2091 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Knoxxs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Knoxx are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Knoxx in 2025?
- Knoxx ranks #2091 among US boy names in 2025, with 70 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Knoxx?
- About 1 in every 24,401 US boys born in 2025 was named Knoxx — 70 in all.
- Will my child share the name Knoxx with classmates?
- Knoxx will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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