Brooklyn Couple Names Son Knickson Fyve After Knicks Chant — SkimNews
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- Knickson Fyve was named by Brooklyn couple Vance and Yvonne Bradford after they heard "Knicks in five!" chants through their open windows following the Knicks' first championship in over a half-century, clinched in Game 5 late on June 13; the name is pronounced "Nixon."
- Jalen Brunson scored 45 points in the Finals-clinching win, and one report counted 32 babies named Jalen in New York City between March and early October this year — more than double the 15 from the same period last year.
- Yvonne Bradford proposed "Knickson" the morning after the win; two days later she said "Let's go full force with this. Let's call him Knickson Fyve," and Vance agreed after a "split second" check that she wasn't joking — she never took it back.
- Vance Bradford said the pre-birth social-media jokes ("a lot of Jalens... a lot of KATs. OGs.") had the couple expecting a wave of Knicks-themed names, a route his wife's chant-inspired idea outflanked.
- Vance Bradford, a Bed-Stuy native whose wife is from Crown Heights, said the city's first title in his lifetime "seriously changed the behavior of the city" for the better — something he says people miss when they just cheer.
- Knickson Fyve might not be the only child named for the chant, with Vance saying he expects classmates named Jalen or Karl-Anthony.
Why it matters: The trend behind the joke is already measurable: 32 New York City babies were named Jalen between March and early October, more than double the 15 a year earlier. The Bradfords' choice shows the naming wave reaching beyond Brunson to the team's shared chant — a permanent marker for Brooklyn parents of the city's changed mood.
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