Ikey — boys' name
127 babies named Ikey in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1952. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
25% of everyone ever named Ikey was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Ikey in 1952 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ikey
The Social Security Administration has registered 127 babies named Ikey between 1919 and 2023, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ikey currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ikey performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Ikey shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ikey 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 127 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.
Ikey at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ikey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1919
- Peak year (1952)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 105 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
127 total births across 105 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1952 with 9 births in a single year.
Ikey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 32 births that decade — 25% of Ikey's all-time total
Ikey decade highlights
- Peak decade 32 births
- Runner-up 28 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Ikey's strongest decade
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% 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, 1919–2023 (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.