Ike
About Ike
Ike, once the quirky one-person nickname of President Dwight Eisenhower, has morphed into a cool kid nickname of the early 21st century.
The rise of Isaac and the stylishness of short down-to-earth nicknames like Max and Gus means that many parents like Ike once again. In the Top 200 (!) at the end of the 19th century, Ike fell off the Social Security Top 1000 by the end of Eisenhower's presidency in the late 1950s.
We do foresee the comeback of Ike, bur probably as a short form of Isaac or Isaiah.
Pronounced IKE.
As of October 2026, Ike ranked #2460 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #184 in 1884.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,737 | 87 | 45.3 |
| 2015 | #1,659 | 95 | 49.6 |
| 2016 | #2,349 | 56 | 29.5 |
| 2017 | #2,505 | 51 | 27.6 |
| 2018 | #2,072 | 69 | 38 |
| 2019 | #2,272 | 61 | 34 |
| 2020 | #2,008 | 71 | 41.1 |
| 2021 | #2,420 | 56 | 32 |
| 2022 | #2,530 | 54 | 30.9 |
| 2023 | #2,665 | 49 | 28.6 |
| 2024 | #2,959 | 42 | 24.4 |
| 2025 | #2,460 | 55 | 32.2 |
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Ike on lists
Famous Ikes
- Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower
US President
- Izear Luster "Ike" Turner Jr.
American musician; ex,husband of singer Tina Turner
- Isaac "Ike" Barinholtz
American actor
- Ikenna Martin "Ike" Opara
American soccer player
- Ivan "Ike" Taylor
American football player
- Isaac Benjamin "Ike" Davis
American baseball pitcher
- Joseph Isaac "Ike" Clanton
American Western outlaw
- Ike Elliot (b. 2014)
son of Ben Elliot and Mary,Clare Winwood
Ike in pop culture
- Ike
main character in the video game "Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance"
- Ike Broflovski
Kyle's brother in animated comedy TV series South Park
- Ike Latulippe
female character on the Bones episode "The Finder"
- Homer "Ike" Eisenhower Graham
character in "Runaway Bride"
- Hurricane Ike
storm that hit Texas in 2008
- Ike
the horse in "Charlotte's Web"
- Ike
playable character in "Super Smash Bros."