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Zeke: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 311 in 2025. Its best rank was #610 in 2022.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #610 in 2022; #803 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Zeke in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#803 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2022, at #610.
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Zeke: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 311 boys in 2025. Peak: #610 in 2022 · most boys in one year: 459 (2022).
In 2025, 311 US boys were named Zeke, making it the 803rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 76 places from #727 in 2024. That is 52 fewer than the 363 boys named Zeke in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #610, reached in 2022. That year also had the most boys given the name: 459. For comparison, it was #702 in 2015 and #4,195 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Zeke in 122 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 6 babies. In all, 8,371 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 3,202 babies named Zeke.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 4,030 US boys were named Zeke; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 459. In 2025 that was about 1 in 5,492 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Zeke ranked highest in South Dakota in 2025, at #256 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Zeek, Zeik and Zek are summarised on this page.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Zeek (301), Zeik (31), Zek (12), Zeak (11).
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.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 28 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | 6 | #256 | — |
| Utah | 16 | #315 | #303 |
| Kentucky | 11 | #449 | #492 |
| Wisconsin | 11 | #483 | #762 |
| Nevada | 6 | #515 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 18 | #545 | #587 |
| Minnesota | 10 | #550 | #337 |
| Oklahoma | 8 | #551 | #811 |
| Iowa | 6 | #570 | #357 |
| Tennessee | 13 | #591 | #671 |
| Illinois | 14 | #676 | #576 |
| Maryland | 7 | #701 | #635 |
| California | 34 | #775 | #895 |
| Ohio | 11 | #799 | #562 |
| Florida | 19 | #808 | #909 |
| Arizona | 7 | #843 | #882 |
| Virginia | 8 | #874 | #883 |
| Washington | 7 | #897 | #696 |
| Michigan | 8 | #903 | #757 |
| Georgia | 9 | #988 | #908 |
| Texas | 20 | #1,133 | #717 |
| North Carolina | 7 | #1,142 | #834 |
| New York | 9 | #1,294 | #1,159 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 311 | #803 |
| 2024 | — | — | 363 | #727 |
| 2023 | — | — | 429 | #643 |
| 2022 | — | — | 459 | #610 |
| 2021 | — | — | 450 | #620 |
| 2020 | — | — | 384 | #675 |
| 2019 | — | — | 407 | #655 |
| 2018 | — | — | 405 | #642 |
| 2017 | — | — | 425 | #616 |
| 2016 | — | — | 397 | #659 |
| 2015 | — | — | 359 | #702 |
| 2014 | — | — | 325 | #738 |
| 2013 | — | — | 251 | #856 |
| 2012 | — | — | 244 | #867 |
| 2011 | — | — | 205 | #966 |
| 2010 | — | — | 184 | #1,052 |
| 2009 | — | — | 155 | #1,172 |
| 2008 | — | — | 124 | #1,379 |
| 2007 | — | — | 112 | #1,444 |
| 2006 | — | — | 103 | #1,491 |
| 2005 | — | — | 122 | #1,279 |
| 2004 | — | — | 96 | #1,455 |
| 2003 | — | — | 103 | #1,340 |
| 2002 | — | — | 108 | #1,267 |
| 2001 | — | — | 92 | #1,386 |
| 2000 | — | — | 88 | #1,419 |
| 1999 | — | — | 54 | #1,857 |
| 1998 | — | — | 49 | #1,986 |
| 1997 | — | — | 43 | #2,095 |
| 1996 | — | — | 57 | #1,689 |
| 1995 | — | — | 36 | #2,252 |
| 1994 | — | — | 55 | #1,663 |
| 1993 | — | — | 39 | #2,089 |
| 1992 | — | — | 39 | #2,045 |
| 1991 | — | — | 49 | #1,698 |
| 1990 | — | — | 52 | #1,614 |
| 1989 | — | — | 60 | #1,424 |
| 1988 | — | — | 43 | #1,670 |
| 1987 | — | — | 21 | #2,640 |
| 1986 | — | — | 27 | #2,160 |
| 1985 | — | — | 18 | #2,827 |
| 1984 | — | — | 26 | #2,097 |
| 1983 | — | — | 28 | #1,954 |
| 1982 | — | — | 26 | #2,110 |
| 1981 | — | — | 35 | #1,694 |
| 1980 | — | — | 35 | #1,694 |
| 1979 | — | — | 38 | #1,569 |
| 1978 | — | — | 41 | #1,473 |
| 1977 | — | — | 38 | #1,514 |
| 1976 | — | — | 30 | #1,747 |
| 1975 | — | — | 39 | #1,428 |
| 1974 | — | — | 29 | #1,691 |
| 1973 | — | — | 21 | #2,035 |
| 1972 | — | — | 25 | #1,818 |
| 1971 | — | — | 26 | #1,783 |
| 1970 | — | — | 22 | #1,938 |
| 1969 | — | — | 9 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | — | — | 13 | #2,444 |
| 1967 | — | — | 11 | #2,610 |
| 1966 | — | — | 9 | #2,983 |
| 1965 | — | — | 12 | #2,474 |
| 1964 | — | — | 14 | #2,309 |
| 1963 | — | — | 13 | #2,413 |
| 1961 | — | — | 11 | #2,704 |
| 1960 | — | — | 10 | #2,870 |
| 1959 | — | — | 7 | #3,617 |
| 1958 | — | — | 14 | #2,264 |
| 1957 | — | — | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1956 | — | — | 9 | #2,968 |
| 1954 | — | — | 10 | #2,742 |
| 1953 | — | — | 11 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | — | — | 5 | #4,257 |
| 1951 | — | — | 8 | #3,065 |
| 1950 | — | — | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1949 | — | — | 11 | #2,452 |
| 1948 | — | — | 7 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | — | — | 13 | #2,249 |
| 1946 | — | — | 7 | #3,169 |
| 1945 | — | — | 11 | #2,241 |
| 1944 | — | — | 19 | #1,629 |
| 1943 | — | — | 10 | #2,562 |
| 1942 | — | — | 7 | #3,210 |
| 1941 | — | — | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1940 | — | — | 8 | #2,870 |
| 1939 | — | — | 14 | #1,957 |
| 1938 | — | — | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | — | — | 11 | #2,331 |
| 1936 | — | — | 6 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | — | — | 10 | #2,528 |
| 1934 | — | — | 7 | #3,276 |
| 1933 | — | — | 5 | #4,156 |
| 1932 | — | — | 10 | #2,637 |
| 1930 | — | — | 6 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | — | — | 7 | #3,558 |
| 1928 | — | — | 9 | #3,074 |
| 1927 | — | — | 8 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | — | — | 8 | #3,383 |
| 1925 | — | — | 8 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | — | — | 9 | #3,258 |
| 1923 | — | — | 5 | #4,901 |
| 1922 | — | — | 11 | #2,800 |
| 1921 | — | — | 6 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | — | — | 5 | #4,987 |
| 1919 | — | — | 9 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | — | — | 6 | #4,176 |
| 1917 | — | — | 5 | #4,601 |
| 1916 | — | — | 8 | #3,175 |
| 1915 | — | — | 11 | #2,457 |
| 1914 | — | — | 13 | #1,867 |
| 1913 | — | — | 8 | #2,271 |
| 1912 | — | — | 6 | #2,542 |
| 1911 | — | — | 9 | #1,289 |
| 1910 | — | — | 8 | #1,312 |
| 1907 | — | — | 5 | #1,548 |
| 1905 | — | — | 6 | #1,232 |
| 1902 | — | — | 6 | #1,136 |
| 1898 | — | — | 8 | #884 |
| 1895 | — | — | 7 | #977 |
| 1889 | — | — | 5 | #1,110 |
| 1888 | — | — | 6 | #1,030 |
| 1883 | — | — | 6 | #890 |
| 1880 | — | — | 6 | #908 |
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).