# Baruch (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/baruch/  
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 | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “blessed”, “barak” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɛ ɹəx/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,954 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,954 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 29, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew בָּרוּךְ (Barukh, “blessed”). Cognate with Arabic بَارَك (bārak, “Barak”).

## What it means

Baruch is grouped under holy.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 45 | 2,665 |
| 2012 | 41 | 2,873 |
| 2013 | 48 | 2,534 |
| 2014 | 51 | 2,465 |
| 2015 | 47 | 2,607 |
| 2016 | 46 | 2,663 |
| 2017 | 41 | 2,897 |
| 2018 | 62 | 2,213 |
| 2019 | 35 | 3,266 |
| 2020 | 61 | 2,237 |
| 2021 | 46 | 2,733 |
| 2022 | 71 | 2,100 |
| 2023 | 76 | 1,999 |
| 2024 | 66 | 2,192 |
| 2025 | 62 | 2,260 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 5 | 2,254 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3,651 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## In other languages

- French: Baruch
- Hebrew: בָּרוּךְ
- Irish: Barúch
- Polish: Baruch
- Spanish: Baruc

## People named Baruch

- Baruch Samuel Blumberg, American physician, geneticist and Nobel prize winner (1925–2011)
- Baruch Goldstein, American-Israeli doctor, perpetrator of the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre (1956-1994)
- Baruch Dego, Ethiopian-born Israeli footballer
- Benedictus de Spinoza, Dutch philosopher (1632–1677)

## 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.