# Zeke (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/zeke/  
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 | /ziːk/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,371 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 8,371 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 457, 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 | 205 | 966 |
| 2012 | 244 | 867 |
| 2013 | 251 | 856 |
| 2014 | 325 | 738 |
| 2015 | 359 | 702 |
| 2016 | 397 | 659 |
| 2017 | 425 | 616 |
| 2018 | 405 | 642 |
| 2019 | 407 | 655 |
| 2020 | 384 | 675 |
| 2021 | 450 | 620 |
| 2022 | 459 | 610 |
| 2023 | 429 | 643 |
| 2024 | 363 | 727 |
| 2025 | 311 | 803 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 1,688 |
| 2012 | 16 | 1,507 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 26 | 1,061 |
| 2015 | 23 | 1,159 |
| 2016 | 21 | 1,271 |
| 2017 | 13 | 1,812 |
| 2018 | 17 | 1,455 |
| 2019 | 18 | 1,369 |
| 2020 | 25 | 1,085 |
| 2021 | 30 | 985 |
| 2022 | 37 | 844 |
| 2023 | 39 | 827 |
| 2024 | 29 | 1,025 |
| 2025 | 32 | 953 |

## People named Zeke

- Zeke Bratkowski, American football player (1931-2019)

## 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.