Boruch
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BOR-ookh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,239 for boys
Boruch is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “blessed”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 3,239th for boys in the US (36 babies).
What does Boruch mean?
Hebrew: Yiddish form of Baruch
“blessed”
Baruch was the scribe and companion of the prophet Jeremiah in the Bible.
Is Boruch a girl's or a boy's name?
Boruch is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 36 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Boruch in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Boruch, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Boruch in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Boruch in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,080 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 8 | #1,569 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
How popular is Boruch in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 36 about 1 in 47,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 36 boys in the US were named Boruch, making it the 3,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 2013, with 42 boys. It first appears in the records in 1955.
2025 had more boys named Boruch than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Boruch in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Boruch in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,239 |
| 2024 | 33 | #3,453 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,880 |
| 2022 | 31 | #3,615 |
| 2021 | 24 | #4,243 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 2018 | 32 | #3,442 |
| 2017 | 32 | #3,437 |
| 2016 | 29 | #3,680 |
| 2015 | 37 | #3,084 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,369 |
| 2013 | 42 | #2,761 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 33 | #3,305 |
| 2010 | 26 | #3,893 |
| 2009 | 27 | #3,829 |
| 2008 | 31 | #3,483 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 30 | #3,449 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 33 | #3,010 |
| 2003 | 25 | #3,523 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 26 | #3,316 |
| 2000 | 27 | #3,144 |
| 1999 | 21 | #3,586 |
| 1998 | 28 | #2,848 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,450 |
| 1996 | 22 | #3,197 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 22 | #3,036 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 24 | #2,747 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,160 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 20 | #2,598 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,576 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,728 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
Names like Boruch
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yusuf, Noah, Zion, Jonah, Elijah, Ezra, Caleb, Micah, Luca, Asher, Axel, Yunus
Names related to Boruch
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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, “Boruch: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/boruch, updated 20 October 2026.