Meaning not yet researched.
Ike: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 55 in 2025. Its best rank was #184 in 1884.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #184 in 1884; #2,460 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Ike in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,460 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1884, at #184.
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Ike: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 55 boys in 2025. Peak: #184 in 1884 · most boys in one year: 111 (1953).
In 2025, 55 US boys were named Ike, making it the 2,460th most common boys’ name of the year, up 514 places from #2,974 in 2024. That is 13 more than the 42 boys named Ike in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #184, reached in 1884. The most boys given the name in a single year was 111, in 1953. For comparison, it was #1,659 in 2015 and #941 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ike in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 42 babies with the name. In all, 7,342 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 721 babies named Ike.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 566 US boys were named Ike; the busiest of those years was 2020, with 71. In 2025 that was about 1 in 31,056 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Rarer spellings such as Ikea, Ikia and Ikey are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Ikea (589), Ikia (252), Ikey (127), Ikeya (102), Ikeia (51), Ikie (35), Ikee (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Ike in the open dataset we use.
Ike is listed as a nickname for Isaac.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 55 | #2,460 |
| 2024 | — | — | 42 | #2,974 |
| 2023 | — | — | 50 | #2,628 |
| 2022 | — | — | 54 | #2,532 |
| 2021 | — | — | 57 | #2,392 |
| 2020 | — | — | 71 | #2,009 |
| 2019 | — | — | 61 | #2,273 |
| 2018 | — | — | 69 | #2,072 |
| 2017 | — | — | 51 | #2,506 |
| 2016 | — | — | 56 | #2,350 |
| 2015 | — | — | 95 | #1,659 |
| 2014 | — | — | 87 | #1,737 |
| 2013 | — | — | 57 | #2,260 |
| 2012 | — | — | 57 | #2,277 |
| 2011 | — | — | 63 | #2,113 |
| 2010 | — | — | 60 | #2,194 |
| 2009 | — | — | 69 | #2,019 |
| 2008 | — | — | 73 | #1,957 |
| 2007 | — | — | 55 | #2,350 |
| 2006 | — | — | 51 | #2,421 |
| 2005 | — | — | 32 | #3,192 |
| 2004 | — | — | 38 | #2,763 |
| 2003 | — | — | 45 | #2,371 |
| 2002 | — | — | 29 | #3,136 |
| 2001 | — | — | 31 | #2,955 |
| 2000 | — | — | 31 | #2,885 |
| 1999 | — | — | 32 | #2,687 |
| 1998 | — | — | 24 | #3,228 |
| 1997 | — | — | 22 | #3,291 |
| 1996 | — | — | 17 | #3,897 |
| 1995 | — | — | 18 | #3,611 |
| 1994 | — | — | 37 | #2,196 |
| 1993 | — | — | 40 | #2,026 |
| 1992 | — | — | 26 | #2,702 |
| 1991 | — | — | 33 | #2,206 |
| 1990 | — | — | 25 | #2,652 |
| 1989 | — | — | 39 | #1,908 |
| 1988 | — | — | 32 | #2,013 |
| 1987 | — | — | 27 | #2,188 |
| 1986 | — | — | 35 | #1,770 |
| 1985 | — | — | 42 | #1,553 |
| 1984 | — | — | 29 | #1,909 |
| 1983 | — | — | 25 | #2,113 |
| 1982 | — | — | 35 | #1,684 |
| 1981 | — | — | 41 | #1,508 |
| 1980 | — | — | 32 | #1,782 |
| 1979 | — | — | 37 | #1,582 |
| 1978 | — | — | 43 | #1,417 |
| 1977 | — | — | 41 | #1,437 |
| 1976 | — | — | 21 | #2,198 |
| 1975 | — | — | 36 | #1,487 |
| 1974 | — | — | 44 | #1,277 |
| 1973 | — | — | 40 | #1,316 |
| 1972 | — | — | 42 | #1,299 |
| 1971 | — | — | 39 | #1,363 |
| 1970 | — | — | 34 | #1,444 |
| 1969 | — | — | 37 | #1,309 |
| 1968 | — | — | 34 | #1,330 |
| 1967 | — | — | 40 | #1,187 |
| 1966 | — | — | 40 | #1,185 |
| 1965 | — | — | 41 | #1,195 |
| 1964 | — | — | 35 | #1,338 |
| 1963 | — | — | 44 | #1,169 |
| 1962 | — | — | 37 | #1,286 |
| 1961 | — | — | 59 | #1,021 |
| 1960 | — | — | 51 | #1,089 |
| 1959 | — | — | 53 | #1,065 |
| 1958 | — | — | 56 | #1,020 |
| 1957 | — | — | 76 | #867 |
| 1956 | — | — | 70 | #895 |
| 1955 | — | — | 75 | #849 |
| 1954 | — | — | 75 | #838 |
| 1953 | — | — | 111 | #680 |
| 1952 | — | — | 90 | #744 |
| 1951 | — | — | 61 | #908 |
| 1950 | — | — | 54 | #941 |
| 1949 | — | — | 66 | #844 |
| 1948 | — | — | 63 | #865 |
| 1947 | — | — | 66 | #856 |
| 1946 | — | — | 58 | #865 |
| 1945 | — | — | 57 | #832 |
| 1944 | — | — | 42 | #1,011 |
| 1943 | — | — | 60 | #862 |
| 1942 | — | — | 47 | #978 |
| 1941 | — | — | 47 | #931 |
| 1940 | — | — | 40 | #1,024 |
| 1939 | — | — | 42 | #983 |
| 1938 | — | — | 39 | #1,036 |
| 1937 | — | — | 38 | #1,041 |
| 1936 | — | — | 41 | #983 |
| 1935 | — | — | 44 | #959 |
| 1934 | — | — | 49 | #905 |
| 1933 | — | — | 53 | #855 |
| 1932 | — | — | 45 | #985 |
| 1931 | — | — | 54 | #871 |
| 1930 | — | — | 60 | #848 |
| 1929 | — | — | 63 | #823 |
| 1928 | — | — | 61 | #850 |
| 1927 | — | — | 64 | #844 |
| 1926 | — | — | 65 | #822 |
| 1925 | — | — | 65 | #827 |
| 1924 | — | — | 77 | #767 |
| 1923 | — | — | 70 | #797 |
| 1922 | — | — | 70 | #805 |
| 1921 | — | — | 79 | #747 |
| 1920 | — | — | 86 | #697 |
| 1919 | — | — | 86 | #670 |
| 1918 | — | — | 75 | #745 |
| 1917 | — | — | 89 | #630 |
| 1916 | — | — | 90 | #615 |
| 1915 | — | — | 70 | #703 |
| 1914 | — | — | 73 | #589 |
| 1913 | — | — | 51 | #624 |
| 1912 | — | — | 50 | #570 |
| 1911 | — | — | 38 | #475 |
| 1910 | — | — | 49 | #367 |
| 1909 | — | — | 48 | #336 |
| 1908 | — | — | 39 | #369 |
| 1907 | — | — | 47 | #311 |
| 1906 | — | — | 26 | #434 |
| 1905 | — | — | 47 | #291 |
| 1904 | — | — | 55 | #259 |
| 1903 | — | — | 24 | #404 |
| 1902 | — | — | 41 | #300 |
| 1901 | — | — | 26 | #366 |
| 1900 | — | — | 65 | #253 |
| 1899 | — | — | 48 | #241 |
| 1898 | — | — | 47 | #262 |
| 1897 | — | — | 40 | #286 |
| 1896 | — | — | 54 | #248 |
| 1895 | — | — | 44 | #268 |
| 1894 | — | — | 41 | #276 |
| 1893 | — | — | 33 | #303 |
| 1892 | — | — | 51 | #250 |
| 1891 | — | — | 42 | #245 |
| 1890 | — | — | 48 | #244 |
| 1889 | — | — | 52 | #225 |
| 1888 | — | — | 53 | #239 |
| 1887 | — | — | 44 | #242 |
| 1886 | — | — | 48 | #248 |
| 1885 | — | — | 41 | #260 |
| 1884 | — | — | 76 | #184 |
| 1883 | — | — | 50 | #219 |
| 1882 | — | — | 67 | #191 |
| 1881 | — | — | 55 | #205 |
| 1880 | — | — | 42 | #259 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).