Name profile

Ike

This name is a diminutive of Isaac.

Usage languagesEnglish
US rank (2025)#2,451

Meaning and history

Ike is a diminutive of Isaac. It was also the nickname of the American president Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969), derived from the initial sound of his surname.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 51 births, rank #2,398
2007: 55 births, rank #2,337
2008: 73 births, rank #1,948
2009: 69 births, rank #2,010
2010: 60 births, rank #2,187
20112011: 63 births, rank #2,105
2012: 57 births, rank #2,270
2013: 57 births, rank #2,250
2014: 87 births, rank #1,730
2015: 95 births, rank #1,657
20162016: 56 births, rank #2,335
2017: 51 births, rank #2,493
2018: 69 births, rank #2,065
2019: 61 births, rank #2,265
2020: 71 births, rank #1,996
20212021: 57 births, rank #2,373
2022: 54 births, rank #2,517
2023: 50 births, rank #2,614
2024: 42 births, rank #2,958
20252025: 55 births, rank #2,451

Ike rose from #895 to #867 for boys between 1956 and 1957. Its highest annual birth count came in 1953, with 111 births.