NameTides

Zeke

Zeke was the #800 boys' name in the US in 2025 (311 babies), and #953 in England & Wales and #885 in Canada.

Zeke as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Zeke as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Zeke as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#800 (311)#953 (32)———#885 (29)
2024#726 (363)#1,025 (29)——#785 (3)#633 (43)
2023#643 (429)#827 (39)#728 (3)——#577 (47)
2022#610 (459)#844 (37)——#572 (5)#685 (38)
2021#618 (450)#985 (30)———#739 (36)
2020#675 (384)#1,085 (25)#711 (3)——#1,223 (17)
2019#654 (407)#1,369 (18)———#882 (26)
2018#642 (405)#1,455 (17)—#416 (3)—#1,093 (19)
2017#616 (425)#1,812 (13)———#789 (31)
2016#658 (397)#1,271 (21)———#1,831 (9)
2015#701 (359)#1,159 (23)#686 (3)——#1,122 (18)
2014#736 (325)#1,061 (26)———#1,250 (15)
2013#849 (251)#2,403 (8)———#1,551 (11)
2012#863 (244)#1,507 (16)———#1,403 (13)
2011#965 (205)#1,688 (13)———#2,629 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #610.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,500 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 5,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 8,500uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Zeke is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,700 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,900 to 1 in 6,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Zeke by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #437WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #801WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #511MNIllinois: #632ILMichigan: #829MINew York: #1,202NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #443NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #221SDIowa: #493IAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #750OHPennsylvania: #526PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #754CAUtah: #302UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #422KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #798VAMaryland: #634MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #781AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #551TNNorth Carolina: #1,028NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #504OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #919GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,094TXFlorida: #777FL
Zeke (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#60719

Zeke (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ZekeCanadaBoys#88529
ZekeEngland & WalesBoys#95332
ZekeIrelandBoys—too few
ZekeNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ZekeScotlandBoys—too few
ZekeUSBoys#800311