Pike
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- PYK
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Pike is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “point, spear”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Pike mean?
English: English surname and word, from Old English pic 'point'
“point, spear”
The explorer Zebulon Pike gave his name to Pikes Peak in Colorado.
Is Pike a girl's or a boy's name?
Pike is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Pike in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Pike, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
2025 had fewer boys named Pike than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Pike in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Pike in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
Names like Pike
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tru, Truce, Prince, Chozen, Kairo, Ace, Tripp, Zyaire, Crew, Ridge, Kyaire, Kobe
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Pike: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/pike, updated 20 October 2026.