Zeke

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Zeke is ranked 732nd among boys in 2024 (358 births). Its best rank was 610th, in 2022.

Rank in 2024: #732down 90 from 2023
Births in 2024: 3580.02% of boys
Peak year: 2022459 births
Best rank: #610in 2022
Since 1880: 8,055people given the name

Babies named Zeke, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

8,055 boys have been named Zeke in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 459 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2015, and the 2010s alone account for 40%. It has spent 18 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Zeke
1880s	23
1890s	15
1900s	17
1910s	83
1920s	76
1930s	76
1940s	99
1950s	78
1960s	102
1970s	309
1980s	319
1990s	473
2000s	1,103
2010s	3,202
2020s	2,080

In 2022, its biggest year

Zeke was the 610th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2022 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2022.

Names that rose and fell with Zeke

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.