Bruk
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Bruk is a boys' name of Amharic origin, meaning “blessed”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Bruk mean?
Amharic: Ethiopian and Eritrean name, also spelled Biruk
“blessed”
From the same Semitic root for blessing as Hebrew Baruch and Arabic Mubarak.
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Is Bruk a girl's or a boy's name?
Bruk is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bruk in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Bruk, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 9 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Bruk in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
How popular is Bruk in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 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, 13 boys in the US were named Bruk, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. It first appears in the records in 2004.
2025 had the most boys named Bruk of any year since it first appeared, in 2004.
Half of all the boys named Bruk in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bruk in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
Names like Bruk
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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