Baraka
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ba-RAH-ka
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,248 for boys
Baraka is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “blessing”. In 2025 it ranked 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).
What does Baraka mean?
Arabic: via Swahili baraka
“blessing”
The same Arabic root gives Barack, the name of Barack Obama and of his Kenyan father.
Is Baraka a girl's or a boy's name?
Baraka is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Baraka in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 5 boys.
Baraka in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
How popular is Baraka in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,248among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 71,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Baraka, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the boys named Baraka in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Baraka in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,248 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 24 | #4,243 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 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 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 18 | #2,158 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
Names like Baraka
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mustafa Muhammad Hamza Musa Huzaifa Yahya Abdullah Ibrahim Zayd Zakariya Zayan Taha
Names related to Baraka
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Baraka: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/baraka, updated 20 October 2026.