Zeke
Zeke was given to 311 boys in 2025, #803 among boys’ names; 8,371 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 7,870 Americans named Zeke and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (94% of everyone recorded); the median is 10 years old and half are between 5 and 19.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Zeke by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Zeke mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Zeke is “a diminutive of the male given name Ezekiel, also used as a formal given name.”
/ziːk/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Zeke?
#803 among boys’ names, 2025
Zeke fell from #702 in 2015 to #803 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.19 to 0.18 per 1,000.
459 babies in 2022, the peak
Zeke peaked in 2022, when 459 boys were given it, #610 among boys’ names. The 311 births of 2025 are 68% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 311 | #803 | 0.18 |
| 2024 | 363 | #727 | 0.21 |
| 2023 | 429 | #643 | 0.25 |
| 2022 | 459 | #610 | 0.26 |
| 2021 | 450 | #620 | 0.26 |
| 2020 | 384 | #675 | 0.22 |
| 2019 | 407 | #655 | 0.23 |
| 2018 | 405 | #642 | 0.22 |
| 2017 | 425 | #616 | 0.23 |
| 2016 | 397 | #659 | 0.21 |
Every recorded year (122)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 359 | #702 | 0.19 |
| 2014 | 325 | #738 | 0.17 |
| 2013 | 251 | #856 | 0.13 |
| 2012 | 244 | #867 | 0.13 |
| 2011 | 205 | #966 | 0.11 |
| 2010 | 184 | #1,052 | 0.10 |
| 2009 | 155 | #1,172 | 0.08 |
| 2008 | 124 | #1,379 | 0.06 |
| 2007 | 112 | #1,444 | 0.05 |
| 2006 | 103 | #1,491 | 0.05 |
| 2005 | 122 | #1,278 | 0.06 |
| 2004 | 96 | #1,453 | 0.05 |
| 2003 | 103 | #1,339 | 0.05 |
| 2002 | 108 | #1,264 | 0.06 |
| 2001 | 92 | #1,382 | 0.05 |
| 2000 | 88 | #1,415 | 0.04 |
| 1999 | 54 | #1,854 | 0.03 |
| 1998 | 49 | #1,983 | 0.03 |
| 1997 | 43 | #2,092 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 57 | #1,686 | 0.03 |
| 1995 | 36 | #2,247 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 55 | #1,658 | 0.03 |
| 1993 | 39 | #2,084 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 39 | #2,040 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 49 | #1,692 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 52 | #1,609 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 60 | #1,419 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 43 | #1,665 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 21 | #2,636 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 27 | #2,158 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 18 | #2,824 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 26 | #2,096 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 28 | #1,953 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 26 | #2,109 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 35 | #1,693 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 35 | #1,694 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 38 | #1,569 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 41 | #1,473 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 38 | #1,514 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 30 | #1,746 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 39 | #1,428 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 29 | #1,691 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 21 | #2,034 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 25 | #1,818 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 26 | #1,782 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 22 | #1,937 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,312 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,443 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,609 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,982 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 12 | #2,473 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 14 | #2,308 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 13 | #2,412 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,703 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,869 | under 0.01 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,616 | under 0.01 |
| 1958 | 14 | #2,263 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 9 | #3,021 | under 0.01 |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,967 | under 0.01 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,741 | under 0.01 |
| 1953 | 11 | #2,529 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 5 | #4,255 | under 0.01 |
| 1951 | 8 | #3,064 | under 0.01 |
| 1950 | 5 | #4,193 | under 0.01 |
| 1949 | 11 | #2,451 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,314 | under 0.01 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,248 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,168 | under 0.01 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,240 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,628 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 10 | #2,561 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,209 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,502 | under 0.01 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,870 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 14 | #1,957 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,173 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,331 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,547 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,528 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,274 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,154 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,637 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,997 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,556 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,072 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,449 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,381 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,404 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,257 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,898 | under 0.01 |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,799 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,318 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,985 | under 0.01 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,113 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,175 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,600 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,174 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,456 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,866 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,270 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,541 | 0.01 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,288 | 0.04 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,311 | 0.04 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,547 | 0.03 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,231 | 0.05 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,135 | 0.05 |
| 1898 | 8 | #883 | 0.07 |
| 1895 | 7 | #976 | 0.06 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,109 | 0.05 |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,029 | 0.05 |
| 1883 | 6 | #889 | 0.06 |
| 1880 | 6 | #908 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Zeke a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Zeke has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 122 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Zeke: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Zeke, and how old are they?
7,870 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 94% of the 8,371 Americans ever recorded as Zeke. The median Zeke alive today is 10 years old; half are between 5 and 19.
The 2020 Census counted 6,547 people named Zeke (26 women and girls, 6,521 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 5,652 born in the U.S. The Census count is 16% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 35 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 109 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 357 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 582 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,860 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 4,930 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Zeke born?
The states with the most babies named Zeke are California, Texas and Florida, with 28% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 34 | #775 | 0.7× |
| Texas | 20 | #1,133 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 19 | #808 | 0.6× |
| Pennsylvania | 18 | #545 | 0.8× |
| Utah | 16 | #315 | 1.9× |
| Illinois | 14 | #676 | 0.7× |
| Tennessee | 13 | #591 | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 11 | #799 | 0.9× |
| Wisconsin | 11 | #483 | 1.0× |
| Kentucky | 11 | #449 | 0.6× |
Where Zeke is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Zeke is most over-represented in Utah: since 1910 it was given 1.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Zeke with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 8,689 babies since 1880, Zeke is the most given (96% of them). In 2025 it was given to 311 of their 331 babies (94%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Zeke
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Zeke and names like it
- Compare Zeke and ZekaiBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sZeke peaked in 2022.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Zeke since 1910.
- The top names of 2022The year the most babies were named Zeke.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Zeke alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with ZMost given first.