Ike
Ike was given to 55 boys in 2025, #2,460 among boys’ names; 7,342 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,450 Americans named Ike and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (47% of everyone recorded); the median is 37 years old and half are between 15 and 64.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Ike by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Ike mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Ike is “a diminutive of the male given name Isaac.”
/aɪk/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Ike?
#2,460 among boys’ names, 2025
Ike fell from #1,659 in 2015 to #2,460 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 49.6 to 32.2 per million.
111 babies in 1953, the peak
Ike peaked in 1953, when 111 boys were given it, #679 among boys’ names. The 55 births of 2025 are 50% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55 | #2,460 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 42 | #2,973 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 50 | #2,627 | 0.03 |
| 2022 | 54 | #2,531 | 0.03 |
| 2021 | 57 | #2,391 | 0.03 |
| 2020 | 71 | #2,009 | 0.04 |
| 2019 | 61 | #2,272 | 0.03 |
| 2018 | 69 | #2,071 | 0.04 |
| 2017 | 51 | #2,505 | 0.03 |
| 2016 | 56 | #2,350 | 0.03 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 95 | #1,659 | 0.05 |
| 2014 | 87 | #1,737 | 0.05 |
| 2013 | 57 | #2,259 | 0.03 |
| 2012 | 57 | #2,276 | 0.03 |
| 2011 | 63 | #2,112 | 0.03 |
| 2010 | 60 | #2,193 | 0.03 |
| 2009 | 69 | #2,018 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 73 | #1,957 | 0.04 |
| 2007 | 55 | #2,350 | 0.03 |
| 2006 | 51 | #2,420 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 32 | #3,188 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 38 | #2,759 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 45 | #2,367 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 29 | #3,132 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 31 | #2,950 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 31 | #2,879 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 32 | #2,683 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,224 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,286 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,891 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,605 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 37 | #2,191 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,021 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 26 | #2,696 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 33 | #2,200 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 25 | #2,647 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 39 | #1,903 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 32 | #2,008 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 27 | #2,184 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 35 | #1,768 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 42 | #1,552 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 29 | #1,908 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 25 | #2,112 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 35 | #1,683 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 41 | #1,507 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 32 | #1,782 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 37 | #1,582 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 43 | #1,417 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 41 | #1,437 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 21 | #2,197 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 36 | #1,486 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 44 | #1,277 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 40 | #1,316 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 42 | #1,299 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 39 | #1,363 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 34 | #1,443 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 37 | #1,309 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 34 | #1,330 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 40 | #1,186 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 40 | #1,185 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 41 | #1,195 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 35 | #1,337 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 44 | #1,168 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 37 | #1,285 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 59 | #1,020 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 51 | #1,088 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 53 | #1,064 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 56 | #1,019 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 76 | #866 | 0.04 |
| 1956 | 70 | #894 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 75 | #848 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 75 | #837 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 111 | #679 | 0.06 |
| 1952 | 90 | #743 | 0.05 |
| 1951 | 61 | #907 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 54 | #940 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 66 | #843 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 63 | #864 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 66 | #855 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 58 | #865 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 57 | #832 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 42 | #1,011 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 60 | #862 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 47 | #978 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 47 | #931 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 40 | #1,024 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 42 | #983 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 39 | #1,036 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 38 | #1,041 | 0.04 |
| 1936 | 41 | #983 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 44 | #959 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 49 | #905 | 0.05 |
| 1933 | 53 | #855 | 0.05 |
| 1932 | 45 | #985 | 0.04 |
| 1931 | 54 | #871 | 0.05 |
| 1930 | 60 | #848 | 0.05 |
| 1929 | 63 | #823 | 0.06 |
| 1928 | 61 | #850 | 0.06 |
| 1927 | 64 | #844 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 65 | #822 | 0.06 |
| 1925 | 65 | #827 | 0.06 |
| 1924 | 77 | #767 | 0.07 |
| 1923 | 70 | #797 | 0.06 |
| 1922 | 70 | #805 | 0.06 |
| 1921 | 79 | #747 | 0.07 |
| 1920 | 86 | #697 | 0.08 |
| 1919 | 86 | #670 | 0.09 |
| 1918 | 75 | #745 | 0.07 |
| 1917 | 89 | #630 | 0.10 |
| 1916 | 90 | #615 | 0.10 |
| 1915 | 70 | #703 | 0.08 |
| 1914 | 73 | #589 | 0.11 |
| 1913 | 51 | #624 | 0.10 |
| 1912 | 50 | #570 | 0.12 |
| 1911 | 38 | #475 | 0.17 |
| 1910 | 49 | #367 | 0.25 |
| 1909 | 48 | #336 | 0.29 |
| 1908 | 39 | #369 | 0.25 |
| 1907 | 47 | #311 | 0.32 |
| 1906 | 26 | #434 | 0.20 |
| 1905 | 47 | #291 | 0.36 |
| 1904 | 55 | #259 | 0.43 |
| 1903 | 24 | #404 | 0.20 |
| 1902 | 41 | #300 | 0.33 |
| 1901 | 26 | #366 | 0.24 |
| 1900 | 65 | #253 | 0.43 |
| 1899 | 48 | #241 | 0.45 |
| 1898 | 47 | #262 | 0.38 |
| 1897 | 40 | #286 | 0.35 |
| 1896 | 54 | #248 | 0.45 |
| 1895 | 44 | #268 | 0.37 |
| 1894 | 41 | #276 | 0.35 |
| 1893 | 33 | #303 | 0.29 |
| 1892 | 51 | #250 | 0.42 |
| 1891 | 42 | #245 | 0.42 |
| 1890 | 48 | #244 | 0.43 |
| 1889 | 52 | #225 | 0.47 |
| 1888 | 53 | #239 | 0.44 |
| 1887 | 44 | #242 | 0.43 |
| 1886 | 48 | #248 | 0.43 |
| 1885 | 41 | #260 | 0.38 |
| 1884 | 76 | #184 | 0.66 |
| 1883 | 50 | #219 | 0.48 |
| 1882 | 67 | #191 | 0.59 |
| 1881 | 55 | #205 | 0.55 |
| 1880 | 42 | #259 | 0.38 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Ike a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Ike has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 146 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Ike: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Ike, and how old are they?
3,450 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 47% of the 7,342 Americans ever recorded as Ike. The median Ike alive today is 37 years old; half are between 15 and 64.
The 2020 Census counted 3,839 people named Ike (50 women and girls, 3,789 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,432 born in the U.S. The Census count is 12% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 165 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 779 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 530 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 475 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 702 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 799 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Ike born?
The states with the most babies named Ike are Texas, Mississippi and Georgia, with 51% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Mississippi is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 443 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Mississippi | 368 | not ranked | 3.9× |
| Georgia | 289 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Alabama | 268 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Louisiana | 197 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| California | 153 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| South Carolina | 59 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Tennessee | 59 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Arkansas | 45 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Utah | 44 | not ranked | 0.8× |
Where Ike is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Ike is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 3.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Ike with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 7,521 babies since 1880, Ike is the most given (98% of them). In 2025 it was given to 55 of their 61 babies (90%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Ike
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Ike and names like it
- Compare Ike and IkeyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sIke peaked in 1953.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Ike since 1910.
- The top names of 1953The year the most babies were named Ike.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Ike alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with IMost given first.