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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201924peak #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.

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 1924

boys
#759
77 births · 1 in 14,711 boys

Top boys' names in 1924

  1. #1Robert60,802
  2. #2John59,052
  3. #3William53,506
  4. #4James52,942
  5. #5Charles30,460
  6. #6George27,373
  7. #7Joseph25,421
  8. #8Richard21,244
  9. #9Edward21,126
  10. #10Donald17,929
  11. #759Ike77
More about 1924

boys

1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 14,711 of them was named Ike, which outranked 84.7% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ike
  1. #752Hamilton78
  2. #752Howell78
  3. #752Parker78
  4. #759Ike77
  5. #759Beryl77
  6. #759Blair77
  7. #759Carlyle77
  8. #771Barton76
  9. #771Bradford76
  10. #771Dante76

Tied with 11 names at #759; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1923
Risers
  1. 436Faustino#1,420#984
  2. 338Conway#1,275#937
  3. 310Coolidge#1,041#731
  4. 291Chas#1,235#944
  5. 287Leopoldo#1,194#907
Fallers
  1. 466Cliff#992#1,458
  2. 403Harding#860#1,263
  3. 367Dempsey#750#1,117
  4. 363Price#924#1,287
  5. 350Terrence#873#1,223

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

See the top 100 for 1924