# Barack (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/barack/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /bəˈɹɑk/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Barry |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 312 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 312 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 26, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Anglicized spelling, used by Luo speakers, of Barak, ostensibly as an Old Testament name. A cognate of the biblical Baruch.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 28 | 3,720 |
| 2011 | 15 | 5,693 |
| 2012 | 16 | 5,506 |
| 2013 | 11 | 7,080 |
| 2014 | 11 | 7,121 |
| 2015 | 8 | 8,839 |
| 2016 | 19 | 4,972 |
| 2017 | 11 | 7,155 |
| 2018 | 17 | 5,344 |
| 2019 | 12 | 6,824 |
| 2020 | 8 | 8,842 |
| 2021 | 7 | 9,847 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9,014 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10,029 |
| 2025 | 6 | 10,858 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 5 | 3,158 |
| 2009 | 17 | 1,358 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: بَارَاك
- Armenian: Բարաք
- Bulgarian: Бара́к
- Chinese: 巴拉克
- Esperanto: Barako
- Finnish: Barack (of Obama)
- Georgian: ბარაკ
- German: Barack
- Greek: Μπαράκ
- Hebrew: ברק, ברוך
- Hindi: बराक
- Japanese: バラク
- Korean: 버락
- Lithuanian: Barackas
- Portuguese: Barack
- Russian: Бара́к
- Turkish: Burak
- Ukrainian: Бара́к
- Vietnamese: Ba-rắc

## People named Barack

- Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States (2009–2017)
- Barack Obama Sr., economist and father of Barack Obama Jr. (1934–1982)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.