Burak
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- boo-RAHK
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Burak is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “lightning”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Burak mean?
Arabic: Turkish form of Buraq, probably from barq 'lightning'
“lightning”
Buraq is the heavenly steed that carried the Prophet Muhammad on the Night Journey from Mecca to Jerusalem.
Is Burak a girl's or a boy's name?
Burak is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Burak in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Burak, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 16 boys.
Half of all the boys named Burak in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Burak in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 12 | #1,887 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,490 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 10 | #1,845 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,490 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,369 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,503 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 13 | #1,083 |
How popular is Burak in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Burak, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1985.
2025 had fewer boys named Burak than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Burak in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Burak in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
Names like Burak
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Muhammad, Ahmed, Umar, Abdullah, Musa, Zayd, Mustafa, Amir, Zayan, Zayaan, Rayyan
Names related to Burak
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, 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, “Burak: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/burak, updated 20 October 2026.