Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Barak

#5,030 most common boys' name of all time · #12,453 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1953–2025

Rank among boys
#5,030
Rank overall
#12,453 of 105,966
First appeared
1953
Years on the list
64 of 146
All-time
929
Since 2016
118
Peak year
2006 #3,543
Best rank
#2,275 1970
Girls Boys peak 29/yr
1960198020002020

Barak first appears in 1953. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 8 8 #9,051
2024 — 18 18 #5,282
2023 — 9 9 #8,388
2022 — 14 14 #6,215
2021 — 10 10 #7,697
2020 — 10 10 #7,622
2019 — 15 15 #5,869
2018 — 12 12 #6,789
2017 — 14 14 #6,124
2016 — 8 8 #8,957
2015 — 7 7 #9,755
2014 — 9 9 #8,252
2013 — 7 7 #9,861
2011 — 8 8 #8,939
2010 — 10 10 #7,679
2009 — 14 14 #6,166
2008 — 15 15 #5,841
2007 — 19 19 #4,844
2006 — 29 29 #3,543
2005 — 28 28 #3,479
2004 — 18 18 #4,662
2003 — 22 22 #3,877
2002 — 17 17 #4,556
2001 — 14 14 #5,206
2000 — 20 20 #3,972
1999 — 21 21 #3,626
1998 — 21 21 #3,527
1997 — 22 22 #3,295
1996 — 24 24 #3,053
1995 — 17 17 #3,752
1994 — 27 27 #2,726
1993 — 21 21 #3,186
1992 — 21 21 #3,154
1991 — 23 23 #2,866
1990 — 17 17 #3,530
1989 — 20 20 #3,047
1988 — 11 11 #4,299
1987 — 8 8 #5,164
1986 — 19 19 #2,736
1985 — 16 16 #3,019
1984 — 12 12 #3,579
1983 — 11 11 #3,763
1982 — 14 14 #3,211
1981 — 21 21 #2,386
1980 — 19 19 #2,588
1979 — 9 9 #4,236
1978 — 14 14 #3,013
1977 — 15 15 #2,858
1976 — 18 18 #2,474
1975 — 14 14 #2,849
1974 — 13 13 #2,892
1973 — 11 11 #3,147
1972 — 13 13 #2,768
1971 — 12 12 #2,934
1970 — 17 17 #2,275
1969 — 13 13 #2,513
1968 — 8 8 #3,295
1967 — 11 11 #2,599
1966 — 10 10 #2,755
1965 — 7 7 #3,476
1962 — 7 7 #3,586
1961 — 7 7 #3,604
1958 — 5 5 #4,395
1953 — 5 5 #4,292