Given name & surname
Iker
“a visitor”
Iker is used as a given name and a surname. One Basque interpretation is “a visitor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Basque interpretation is “a visitor.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Basque.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Iker through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18,928
- 18,921 boys · 7 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 2,176 babies
- 2025
- 815
- #390 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −33%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 815 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 390 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 32.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 2,176 in 2015. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (139). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 10,132 as a first name in 2020; 295 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Iker’s family of names
Iker has a related form in Ikar. Iker has a related form in Ikir. Iker has a related form in Ikor.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Iker
- Iker CasillasSpanish association football playerborn 1981
- Iker MuniainSpanish association football playerborn 1992
- Iker RomeroSpanish handball playerborn 1980
- Iker Martínez de LizarduySpanish sailorborn 1977
- Iker LecuonaSpanish motorcycle racerborn 2000
- Iker JiménezSpanish journalistborn 1973
- Iker FloresSpanish racing cyclistborn 1976
- Iker UndabarrenaSpanish footballerborn 1995
- Iker CamañoSpanish racing cyclistborn 1979
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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