Ike

Popularity Trends

The name Ike is the #3,170 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 7,242 recorded births since 1880. This represents the 59.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 59.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,389 (69.7% percentile) for all time with 7,242 births since 1880.

Ike has appeared in U.S. birth records since the beginning of our dataset in 1880

For boys, Ike reached its peak popularity in 1884, achieving the 32.4% percentile (ranked #143) with 619 births per million. The name was most common in 1884, with 619 births per million (ranked 32.4% percentile). Despite a low point around 2020, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for boys. Currently, Ike ranks #868 for boys (4.7% percentile) with 26 births per million, which is 4.2% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ike".

1880 2023 18802023

Key Statistics

Total Births

7,242

Peak Births

111

Peak Year

1884

First Recorded

1880

Peak Percentile

32.4%

Current Percentile

4.7%

Peak Rank

#143

Current Rank

#868

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Ike", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Ike.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Ike's popularity from 1880 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Ike at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Ike range from Ed at 96.6% correlation to Della at 95.9% correlation, with an average correlation level of 96.3%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Hattie with 103.9K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Huldah with 856 births (100% girls).

Ike's share of births peaked at 619.2 births per million for boys in 1884. It reached its lowest point of 8.5 births per million (1% of peak) in 1996. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Ike had 26.2 births per million, 4% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

26.4k

96.56% (very strong)

Bell

2,612

96.53% (very strong)

Hattie

103.9k

96.46% (very strong)

Effie

44.3k

96.43% (very strong)

Mose

7,940

96.40% (very strong)

Hettie

7,294

96.39% (very strong)

Birdie

14k

96.22% (very strong)

Addie

45.7k

96.12% (very strong)

Huldah

856

96.10% (very strong)

Mittie

6,297

95.98% (very strong)

Augusta

18.2k

95.97% (very strong)

Della

69.9k

95.91% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Ike

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Ike. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Ike is pronounced as aik, which has 1 syllables.

aik

100.0%

aik (1 syllable)

Verified

100.0% confidence

AY1 K

Possible Additional Pronunciations

If none of the pronunciations above sound right to you, could you please check whether any of these related pronunciations should be applied to the name Ike? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Ike. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Ike, please vote using the thumbs up button.

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like AY1 K) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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