Knute
Knute is a boy's name that peaked in 1931, when it was the 1,643rd most popular in the United States. In 2025 it ranked 7,679th. About 330 Knutes are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 59.
Popularity, 1880–2025
boys named Knute
By the numbers
- Total US births
- 691
- Estimated living today
- 330
- Median age today
- 59
- Peak year
- 1931
- Best rank
- 1,643rd
- Rank in 2025
- 7,679th
- First recorded
- 1880
How old the living Knutes are
born that year still alive today
Of the 691 babies given the name since 1880, about 330 are alive — 48 in every hundred. The dotted line is the median: half were born before 1966 and half after.
An estimate, not a count. SSA births aged forward through SSA cohort life tables, which know nothing about who left the country or arrived in it — so for a name that mostly came to America rather than being born in it, this is a floor rather than a figure. Where you fall among living Americans.
Notable Knutes
- Knute Rockne (1888–1931)American football player and coach
- Knute Nelson (1843–1923)American lawyer and politician
- Knute Johnsgaard (born 1992)Canadian cross-country skier
People named Knute with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Where Knute is most common
Total births recorded in each state since 1910. Browse names by state.
Names of 1931
The most popular boys’ names the year Knute peaked:
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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.