Name meaning & stats
Knox
Knox means “round hill” (the surname origin). 23,963 US babies since 1940, peak 2022.
What it means
“round hill”
the surnameWell documented
Originally a surname.
In US birth records
Peak year: 2022
23,963 US babies were named Knox between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Knox (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Name twins (peaked around 2022)