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Knight

“Youth or servant, later a mounted soldier” — Old English origin

Boy's name · #2435 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Knight is near its high-water mark: it reached #2052 in 2022 and still ranked #2435 in 2025. About 930 boys have carried it since 1923.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 5 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Knights

• Knight Dunlap — American psychologist (1875-1949)
• Knight Biggerstaff — American historian of China
• Knight Kiplinger — American journalist
• Knight Owl — American rapper
• Knight Maripe — Motswana politician

In stories & tradition

• Knight of the Swan — Le Chevalier au cygne · Dolopathos
• Knight Watchman — Big Bang Comics
• Knight — Batman

Similar names: Everhett · Rip · Klay · Weslee · Radley · Mendy

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