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.
61% of everyone ever named Ikechi was born in this single decade.
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 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ikechi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1992
- Peak year (1997)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
41 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 8 births in a single year.
Ikechi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 25 births that decade — 61% of Ikechi's all-time total
Ikechi decade highlights
- Peak decade 25 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Ikechi's strongest decade
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
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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.