girls:
103 births since 2013
#5613 (2nd percentile)
boys:
2k births since 1989
#2781 (39th percentile)
overall:
2.1k births since 1989
#5648 (27th percentile)
The name Knowledge is the #5,648 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,139 recorded births since 1989. This represents the 27.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 27.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,781 (39.3% percentile) for all time with 2,036 births since 1989. For girls, it ranks #5,613 (1.8% percentile) for all time with 103 births since 2013.
Knowledge first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1989 (1989 for boys and 2013 for girls). Birth data for Knowledge is available in 27 out of the 35 years between 1989 and 2023 (27 years for boys and 10 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Knowledge has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 95.2% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 94.4% of babies named Knowledge were boys.
For boys, Knowledge reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 22.0% percentile (ranked #703) with 110 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 110 births per million (ranked 22.0% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Knowledge ranks #729 for boys (20.0% percentile) with 102 births per million, which is 92.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Knowledge reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #923) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Knowledge ranks #941 for girls (0.6% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 62.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Knowledge".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Knowledge. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 60.9% confident that Knowledge is pronounced as NAH-lihj, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is NAH-luhj, at 23.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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