How rare is the name Zeke?

6,547 people in the United States have the first name Zeke, about 1 in 46,133. It ranks #3,258 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ZEKE

#3,258

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,547
About
1 in 46,133
This common or more
82%
Who bears it

Of the 6,547 people named Zeke, 69% reported their origin as White, 15.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.8% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Zeke peaked in 2022, when 459 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2022
Births that year
459
In 2025*
311 ▼32%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 8,371 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.

Zeke by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,383. The largest share of babies named Zeke, 59.3%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#2,20423
1890s#3,14415
1900s#3,75917
1910s#4,59283
1920s#6,20476
1930s#5,45176
1940s#5,07799
1950s#6,68178
1960s#6,402102
1970s#4,013309
1980s#4,633319
1990s#4,423473
2000s#3,1141,103
2010s#1,5963,202
2020s#1,3832,396
Before 19010.5%
Greatest Generation 1901–271.9%
Silent Generation 1928–451.8%
Baby boom 1946–642%
Generation X 1965–804.8%
Millennials 1981–967.3%
Generation Z 1997–1222.5%
2013 and later59.3%

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 Zeke is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Zeke has been most common in Utah (4.6×), Nevada (2.1×), and Hawaii (2×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.27×).

5,538 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.

Either side of Zeke

#3,256 Flavio · 6,554#3,257 Benton · 6,548#3,259 Bilal · 6,544#3,260 Elian · 6,543

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Zeke, most common first.

#29,211 Zeki · 304

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