Ike
Ike was the 2460th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 55 babies. Its best year was 1884, when it ranked 184th; the most babies were born in 1953 (111). Over the last ten years it has moved down 801 places. More babies were named Ike in the 1950s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,460 boys, down 451 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 55boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1953111 babies
- Total since 1880
- 7,342babies recorded
Ike popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,460 | 55 |
| 2020 | #2,009 | 71 |
| 2010 | #2,194 | 60 |
| 2000 | #2,885 | 31 |
| 1990 | #2,652 | 25 |
| 1980 | #1,782 | 32 |
| 1970 | #1,444 | 34 |
| 1960 | #1,089 | 51 |
| 1950 | #941 | 54 |
| 1940 | #1,024 | 40 |
| 1930 | #848 | 60 |
| 1920 | #697 | 86 |
| 1910 | #367 | 49 |
| 1900 | #253 | 65 |
| 1890 | #244 | 48 |
| 1880 | #259 | 42 |
How popular is Ike, counting every spelling?
Ike is the most common spelling of a name family that had 61 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 61 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ike | 55 | #2,460 | 258 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Ike?
55 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Ike (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Ike born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 152 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Ike.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Ike?
About 3,400 people born in the US named Ike are alive today, with a median age of 37; half are between 15 and 64. That makes Ike mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Ike by state
How common Ike was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Ike: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Ike, they share its era and feel.
Ike is also a nickname for Isaac.
Questions about the name Ike
How popular is the name Ike?
Ike was the 2460th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 55 babies. Its best year was 1884, when it ranked 184th; the most babies were born in 1953 (111). Over the last ten years it has moved down 801 places. More babies were named Ike in the 1950s than in any other decade.
Is Ike a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Ike in the US.
Where is Ike most popular?
In 2021–2025, Ike was most common in Minnesota (0.05 per 1,000 boys), followed by California and California.