Recorded 1992–2014 Boys' name Peak 1997 41 births

Ikechi — boys' name

41 babies named Ikechi in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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1990s
Peak decade

61% of everyone ever named Ikechi was born in this single decade.

1997
Single peak year

8 babies were named Ikechi in 1997 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Ikechi

The Social Security Administration has registered 41 babies named Ikechi between 1992 and 2014, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ikechi currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ikechi performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 25 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Ikechi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ikechi 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 41 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.

Ikechi at a glance

Last recorded 2014

Total births

41

Since 1992

23 years of records

Peak year

1997

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2014

Active since

1992

Recorded for 23 years

Last year on file: 2014

Ikechi popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1992

Last recorded 2014
Peak year (1997)
8
Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
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Ikechi by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
25 births that decade — 61% of Ikechi's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ikechi?
41 babies have been named Ikechi since 1992. It was last recorded in 2014. The peak year was 1997 with 8 births.
When was Ikechi most popular?
Ikechi was most popular in the 1990s decade with 25 total births. The single peak year was 1997.
How long has the name Ikechi been used?
Ikechi has been recorded in Social Security data since 1992, spanning 23 years of data through 2014.
What names are similar to Ikechi?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Iker, Ike, Ikenna, Ikechukwu, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1992–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.