Boys' name · since 1976
Chike
188 babies named Chike in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,336 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,384 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 188
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yes -- Chike is the #12384 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 188 recorded since 1976.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chike has been recorded 188 times among boys since 1976, currently ranked #12384 nationally and more common than 11% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2025.
- #13,336 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,384 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 188 born since 1976
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chike ranks #13,336 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,384 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 188 born since 1976, peaking in the 1980s.
- #13,336 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,384 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 188
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chike's 188 recorded births place it above 70.64% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Chike compares
188 37th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Chike's all-time total is 49% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Chike | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 188 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 34 | 22,252 |
Chike's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Chike's SSA record in two at 1993 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1988, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2000 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Chike popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (2000)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Chike by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (64 births, 34% of the file).
1980s was Chike's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Chike births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
- 1980s
1980s
64 births
- 1990s
1990s
41 births
- 2000s
2000s
34 births
- 2010s 12
2010s
12 births
- 2020s 24
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 64 births (34% of all-time use).
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What to do with Chike's data
- Chike's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (64 total births) through the 2020s (24) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Chike: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~49 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1976–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Chike draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.