Ike — #2944 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ike

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,285 babies named Ike between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ike currently holds the #2944 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1953, when 111 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ike performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 721 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Ike shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 443 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Mississippi and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Ike in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ike in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 7,285 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.