Total births
224
US rank #7882 Boys' name Peak 2014 224 births
Pike — #7882 US boys' name
224 babies named Pike in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
#7882
of 14,243 boys in use
More common than 45% of names given to boys today.
2010s
Peak decade
53% of everyone ever named Pike was born in this single decade.
2014
Single peak year
17 babies were named Pike in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Pike
The Social Security Administration has registered 224 babies named Pike between 1975 and 2024, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Pike currently holds the #7882 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Pike performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 118 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Pike shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Pike 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 224 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.
Pike at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
2014
Current rank
#7,882
Active since
1975
Pike popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1975
- Peak year (2014)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
Pike by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 118 births that decade — 53% of Pike's all-time total
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Pike? ▼
224 babies have been named Pike since 1975. It currently ranks #7882 among boys. The peak year was 2014 with 17 births.
When was Pike most popular? ▼
Pike was most popular in the 2010s decade with 118 total births. The single peak year was 2014.
How long has the name Pike been used? ▼
Pike has been recorded in Social Security data since 1975, spanning 50 years of data through 2024.
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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, 1975–2024 (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.