How Many People Are Named Ike?
people named Ike are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 97,876 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,342 babies named Ike in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
111 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of ISAAC. This was the nickname of the American president Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), based on the initial sound of his surname.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ike in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ike alive today is about 39 years old, and 43% are under 30. Half of them were between 14 and 64 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ike first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1953, to 111 babies. In 2025, 55 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ike has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #184, in 1884. In 2025 it ranked #2,460.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,460 |
| Best rank | #184 (1884) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #865 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ike alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ike were born in Texas than in any other state: about 208 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ike was given 10.2 times as often in Mississippi, 5.5 times in Alabama and 4.8 times in Louisiana.
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