Ikeni — boys' name
17 babies named Ikeni in U.S. Social Security records since 2017, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Ikeni was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Ikeni in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ikeni
The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Ikeni between 2017 and 2017, spanning 1 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ikeni currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ikeni performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ikeni in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ikeni 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 17 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.
Ikeni at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ikeni popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2017
- Peak year (2017)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 1 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
17 total births across 1 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 17 births in a single year.
Ikeni by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 17 births that decade — 100% of Ikeni's all-time total
Ikeni decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Ikeni's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Ikeni by state
Where Ikeni concentrates geographically — total births since 2017
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 7 | 41.2% |
7 of 17 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 41.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 41.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 2017–2017 (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.