first name
IKE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,839 people named Ike, 46.3% reported their origin as White, 35.2% as Black and 7.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 98.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Ike peaked in 1953, when 111 babies got the name.
At least 7,342 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Ike by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #493. The largest share of babies named Ike, 21.8%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Ike is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ike has been most common in Mississippi (13×), Alabama (6.7×), and Louisiana (5×), and least common in New York (0.24×).
2,148 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Exactly as common as Ike
2 other first names also have 3,839 people.
Either side of Ike
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ike, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Ike ranks #17,892 of 156,621, with 1,540 people. See Ike as a last name
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