Barak — #5262 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Barak

The Social Security Administration has registered 921 babies named Barak between 1953 and 2024, spanning 72 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Barak currently holds the #5262 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Barak performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 214 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Barak shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 32 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Barak in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Barak in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 921 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.