# Ike (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ike/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /aɪk/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,342 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7,342 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 135, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 63 | 2,113 |
| 2012 | 57 | 2,277 |
| 2013 | 57 | 2,260 |
| 2014 | 87 | 1,737 |
| 2015 | 95 | 1,659 |
| 2016 | 56 | 2,350 |
| 2017 | 51 | 2,506 |
| 2018 | 69 | 2,072 |
| 2019 | 61 | 2,273 |
| 2020 | 71 | 2,009 |
| 2021 | 57 | 2,392 |
| 2022 | 54 | 2,532 |
| 2023 | 50 | 2,628 |
| 2024 | 42 | 2,974 |
| 2025 | 55 | 2,460 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 7 | 2,507 |
| 2009 | 8 | 2,318 |
| 2010 | 8 | 2,400 |
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.