Unisex name · since 2000
Ekene
26 babies named Ekene in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,906 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 26
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
26 boys have been named Ekene since 2000, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Ekene has 26 recorded births among boys since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2017.
- #26,906 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 26 born since 2000
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ekene ranks #26,906 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 26 born since 2000, peaking in the 2000s.
- #26,906 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 26
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ekene's 26 recorded births place it above 40.35% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ekene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ekene's full recorded timeline at 2004, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2000, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2003 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ekene popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2017
- Peak year (2003)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Ekene popularity over time - girls
16 total births recorded since 2002 (Ekene as girls' name)
Ekene by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (19 births, 73% of the file).
2000s was Ekene's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 73% of all-time use.
Ekene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
19 births
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 19 births (73% of all-time use).
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What to do with Ekene's data
- Ekene's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (19 total births) through the 2010s (7) -- 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ekene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~17 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, 2000–2017 (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 Ekene 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.