Boys' name · since 2007
Barack
Barack has 312 recorded births since 2007 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,348 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,423 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 312
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Barack is the #11423 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 312 recorded since 2007.
Barack has 312 recorded births among boys since 2007, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11423 as of the latest data, more common than 18% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2025.
- #10,348 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,423 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 312 born since 2007
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Barack ranks #10,348 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,423 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 312 born since 2007, peaking in the 2010s.
- #10,348 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,423 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 312
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Barack's 312 recorded births place it above 77.21% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Barack compares
312 46th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Barack's all-time total is 15% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Barack | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 312 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 71 | 34 | 22,252 |
Barack's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Barack's full recorded timeline at 2016, 30% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 70% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2007, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 71 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Barack popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 71
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Barack by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (148 births, 47% of the file).
2010s was Barack's strongest decade.
148 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Barack births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
128 births
- 2010s
2010s
148 births
- 2020s 36
2020s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 148 births (47% of all-time use).
Barack by state
Where Barack concentrates geographically, total births since 2007
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 24 | 7.7% |
| #2 | New York | | 11 | 3.5% |
| #3 | Texas | | 8 | 2.6% |
| #4 | Florida | | 5 | 1.6% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.6% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 5 | 1.6% |
24 of 312 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Barack's data
- Barack's decade-level peak was the 2010s (148 total births); usage has since declined to 36 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Baracks (24 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Barack: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~18 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2007–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Barack draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.