Ike

#2,451 for boys in 2025, 55 births

Peak · boys
1884 · 76 births
Debut · boys
42 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
7,342
since 1880

Ike over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ike has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201932peak #184, 1884boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#2,45155
2024#2,95842
2023#2,61450
2022#2,51754
2021#2,37357
2020#1,99671
2019#2,26561
2018#2,06569
2017#2,49351
2016#2,33556
2015#1,65795
2014#1,73087
2013#2,25057
2012#2,27057
2011#2,10563
2010#2,18760
2009#2,01069
2008#1,94873
2007#2,33755
2006#2,39851
2005#3,17232
2004#2,74138
2003#2,34945
2002#3,09529
2001#2,93131
2000#2,86431
1999#2,66532
1998#3,19124
1997#3,26122
1996#3,83017
1995#3,55918
1994#2,18137
1993#2,00740
1992#2,67026
1991#2,19033
1990#2,62825
1989#1,89139
1988#1,98932
1987#2,16927
1986#1,76035
1985#1,54442
1984#1,88529
1983#2,08525
1982#1,67735
1981#1,50041
1980#1,76532
1979#1,57037
1978#1,41043
1977#1,43141
1976#2,17721
1975#1,47836
1974#1,26944
1973#1,31240
1972#1,28542
1971#1,35239
1970#1,43534
1969#1,30237
1968#1,31434
1967#1,18140
1966#1,17840
1965#1,18941
1964#1,32735
1963#1,16544
1962#1,27937
1961#1,01359
1960#1,08351
1959#1,06153
1958#1,01856
1957#86176
1956#89470
1955#84775
1954#83375
1953#680111
1952#74290
1951#90261
1950#93454
1949#84266
1948#86263
1947#85466
1946#86258
1945#83057
1944#1,00442
1943#85660
1942#97047
1941#92547
1940#1,01940
1939#97642
1938#1,03039
1937#1,03138
1936#97241
1935#95644
1934#89749
1933#85253
1932#98045
1931#86954
1930#84160
1929#81563
1928#84661
1927#84064
1926#82165
1925#82265
1924#75977
1923#79170
1922#80170
1921#74579
1920#69186
1919#66986
1918#74375
1917#62989
1916#61590
1915#69870
1914#58573
1913#61551
1912#56850
1911#47138
1910#36549
1909#33448
1908#36539
1907#31047
1906#43126
1905#29047
1904#25955
1903#40124
1902#29941
1901#35926
1900#25365
1899#24048
1898#26247
1897#28540
1896#24854
1895#26844
1894#27541
1893#30033
1892#24951
1891#24542
1890#24348
1889#22352
1888#23953
1887#24144
1886#24848
1885#25841
1884#18476
1883#21550
1882#19167
1881#20555
1880#25842
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Ike was already there! It came in at #258, and was given to 42 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1995–1998, when fewer than 25 boys a year got the name.

Where Ike is popular in 1932

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #344 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,764 boysLAMississippi: #274 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,198 boysMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedALGeorgia: #403 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,866 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Ike, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#274 · 1 in 2,198
  2. Louisiana#344 · 1 in 2,764
  3. Georgia#403 · 1 in 4,866

Best ever in a state: #122 in Georgia, 1910.

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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Ike
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 507 spots since 2024 (#2,958 → #2,451)
  • 455 spots since 2020 (#1,996 → #2,451)
  • 794 spots since 2015 (#1,657 → #2,451)
  • Biggest jump: 174 spots in 1945 (#1,004 → #830)
  • Biggest drop: 157 spots in 1958 (#861 → #1,018)
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1884 at #184 (76 births)
  • Births halved by 1893, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 74 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 74 yrs · run 1880–1936
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,506
  • Highest: 1 in 1,506 boys born in 1884 were named Ike (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 31,056 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 9.8% of all boys named Ike (721) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s528#184 (1884)#226
1890s448#240 (1899)#262
1900s418#253 (1900)#330
1910s671#365 (1910)#596
1920s700#691 (1920)#793
1930s465#841 (1930)#940
1940s546#830 (1945)#902
1950s721#680 (1953)#877
1960s418#1,013 (1961)#1,203
1970s377#1,269 (1974)#1,472
1980s337#1,500 (1981)#1,827
1990s274#2,007 (1993)#2,818
2000s454#1,948 (2008)#2,585
2010s656#1,657 (2015)#2,136
2020s329#1,996 (2020)#2,485

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ike in 1932

boys
#980
45 births · 1 in 23,203 boys

Top boys' names in 1932

  1. #1Robert59,268
  2. #2James51,930
  3. #3John48,624
  4. #4William42,124
  5. #5Richard31,809
  6. #6Charles31,092
  7. #7Donald29,794
  8. #8George20,439
  9. #9Joseph18,566
  10. #10Thomas16,834
  11. #980Ike45
More about 1932

boys

1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 23,203 of them was named Ike, which outranked 77.1% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ike
  1. #963Rudolf46
  2. #963Thornton46
  3. #963Verlyn46
  4. #980Ike45
  5. #980Adan45
  6. #980Arvel45
  7. #980Conley45
  8. #992Amado44
  9. #992Benjiman44
  10. #992Carmelo44

Tied with 11 names at #980; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,418Delano#3,095 → #677
  2. ↑ 969Garner#1,643 → #674
  3. ↑ 868Ronny#1,770 → #902
  4. ↑ 713Darryl#1,693 → #980
  5. ↑ 609Marc#1,589 → #980
Fallers
  1. ↓ 467Jones#959 → #1,426
  2. ↓ 455Hamilton#831 → #1,286
  3. ↓ 393Hyman#697 → #1,090
  4. ↓ 373Davey#983 → #1,356
  5. ↓ 341Hayes#983 → #1,324

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1932 →