How Many People Are Named Zeke?
people named Zeke are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 43,379 people in the US has this name
Based on 8,371 babies named Zeke 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
459 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of EZEKIEL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Zeke in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Zeke alive today is about 14 years old, and 87% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 18 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Zeke first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2022, to 459 babies. In 2025, 311 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Zeke has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #610, in 2022. In 2025 it ranked #803.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #803 |
| Best rank | #610 (2022) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #744 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Zeke alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Zeke were born in California than in any other state: about 672 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Zeke was given 3 times as often in Utah, 2 times in Indiana and 1.7 times in Iowa.
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