Ike
Ike is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 42 births. Its best rank was 184th, in 1884.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 420.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1953111 births
- Best rank
- #184in 1884
- Since 1880
- 7,285people given the name
The story in the numbers
7,285 boys have been named Ike in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1953, with 111 births.
The name has all but left use: 42 births in 2024, against 111 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1947, and the 1950s alone account for 9.9%. It has spent 74 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Ike | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 528 | |
| 1890s | 448 | |
| 1900s | 418 | |
| 1910s | 671 | |
| 1920s | 700 | |
| 1930s | 465 | |
| 1940s | 546 | |
| 1950s | 721 | |
| 1960s | 418 | |
| 1970s | 377 | |
| 1980s | 337 | |
| 1990s | 274 | |
| 2000s | 454 | |
| 2010s | 656 | |
| 2020s | 272 |
In 1953, its biggest year
Ike was the 680th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1953 were Robert, James, Michael, John and David. See all of 1953.
Names that rose and fell with Ike
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Docpeak 2021
- Ligepeak 1915
- Ciceropeak 1920
- Simpeak 1918
- Washingtonpeak 1921
- Gusspeak 1920
- Charleypeak 1920
- Mosepeak 1919
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.