Zeke
2025 SSA
About Zeke
Zeke is a casual form of the name Ezekiel, an important prophet from the Old Testament. How well Zeke holds up depends on the boy: it could be a cooler alternative of Zack, or it could prove too close to "geek." Both Zeke and Ezekiel lag behind in popularity on the UK charts.
On Sons of Anarchy, Zeke is spelled Zeek. Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliot goes by Zeke.
Pronounced ZEEK.
As of October 2026, Zeke ranked #803 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #610 in 2022, Nameberry popularity #658.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #737 | 325 | 169.2 |
| 2015 | #702 | 359 | 187.3 |
| 2016 | #659 | 397 | 209.2 |
| 2017 | #616 | 425 | 229.6 |
| 2018 | #642 | 405 | 223 |
| 2019 | #654 | 407 | 226.8 |
| 2020 | #675 | 384 | 222.5 |
| 2021 | #620 | 450 | 257.2 |
| 2022 | #610 | 459 | 262.9 |
| 2023 | #642 | 429 | 250.8 |
| 2024 | #732 | 358 | 207.8 |
| 2025 | #803 | 311 | 182.1 |
World rankings
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Zeke on lists
Famous Zekes
- Zeke Robert Markshausen
American NFL football player
- Roger Duane "Zeke" Smith
American NFL football player
- Edmund Raymond "Zeke" Bratkowski
American NFL football player
- Henry John "Zeke" Bonura
American baseball player
- Ezekiel Jeffrey "Zeke" Bridges
son of actor Beau Bridges
- Zeke Edward Battier (b. 2008)
son of basketball player Shane Battier
- Zeke Egan (b. 2015)
son of singer Kian Egan from Westlife
Zeke in pop culture
- Ezekiel "Zeke" Falcone
main character on TV's "Zeke and Luther"
- Ezekiel "Zeke" Beakerman
character on TV's "Wizards of Waverly Place"
- Ezekiel "Zeke" Kinski
character on Australian TV soap "Neighbours"
- Zeke Baylor
character in the High School Musical movies
- Ezekiel "Zeke" Stane
villain in the Iron Man comics
- Zeke Tyler
character in film "The Faculty"
- Zeke
character in film "The Wizard of Oz"
- Zeke Pedrad
a teenager in the Divergent Series by Veronica Roth
- Zeke
saber,toothed tiger in animated film "Ice Age"
- Zeke Finklestein
character in 2009 film "The Rebound"
- Zeke
military slang for zombie in the film "World War Z"
- Zeke
man,eating worm in Michael Grant's Gone series
- Zeke Wolf aka The Big Bad Wolf
Disney character
- Zeke Asakura
character in anime and manga "Shaman King"
- Zeke Brenner
character in comic strip "Doonesbury"
- Zeke
a character in the book Reboot by Amy Tintera
- Zeke
nickname of Philip Banks on TV's "The Fresh Prince of Bel,Air"
- Gustaf "Zeke" Zuckermandel
Jr., character in the Left Behind series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins
- Zeke
nickname of Tom on TV's "Lost"
- Zeke Jaeger
character in anime/manga 'Attack on Titan'
- Zeke
side character in "Bob's Burgers"
- Zeke
character in "The Brave Little Toaster"