Ike
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning he will laugh; diminutive of Isaac.
Babies a year
51
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Ike by the numbers
Ike was given to 51 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 111 babies in 1953, making it a 1950s name.
Other names that come from Isaac
Like Ike, each of these traces back to Isaac: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Isaache will laugh8,807 in the US (2017)
- Issache laughs; variant spelling of Isaac432 in the US (2017)
- Yitzchokhe laughs; a form of Isaac172 in the US (2017)
- Iveyarcher; diminutive form of Ivy or Isaac118 in the US (2017)
- Isaakhe will laugh; a form of Isaac107 in the US (2017)
- Izaakhe laughs; a variant spelling of Isaac11 in England and Wales (2025)
- Isache will laugh; a variant spelling of Isaac39 in the US (2017)
- Ishaaqhe will laugh; Arabic form of Isaac39 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ike. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ikerhandsome; promising; visitor1,287 in the US (2017)