Barak
Boy · Hebrew
Barak is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “lightning”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Barak mean?
Hebrew
“lightning”
A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin, often representing a transliteration of a modern Israeli name.
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Is Barak a girl's or a boy's name?
Barak is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Barak in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Barak, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Barak in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
How popular is Barak in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Barak, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 1953.
2025 had fewer boys named Barak than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Barak in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Barak in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 29 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 28 | #3,443 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 21 | #3,586 |
| 1998 | 21 | #3,482 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,256 |
| 1996 | 24 | #3,016 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1993 | 21 | #3,135 |
| 1992 | 21 | #3,099 |
| 1991 | 23 | #2,822 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,461 |
| 1989 | 20 | #2,983 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 19 | #2,681 |
| 1985 | 16 | #2,939 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 21 | #2,337 |
| 1980 | 19 | #2,535 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,928 |
| 1977 | 15 | #2,790 |
| 1976 | 18 | #2,416 |
| 1975 | 14 | #2,749 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 13 | #2,658 |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,811 |
| 1970 | 17 | #2,212 |
| 1969 | 13 | #2,414 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,469 |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
Names like Barak
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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