Baraka*
#8,096 most common boys' name of all time · #20,381 across all names · 94% male / 6% female · used 1971–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#8,096
Rank overall
#20,381 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
34 of 146
All-time
416
Since 2016
186
Peak year
2021 #4,288
Best rank
#2,241 1972
Girls
Boys
peak 24/yr
Baraka first appears in 1971. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2024 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,507 |
| 2023 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,789 |
| 2022 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,506 |
| 2021 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,288 |
| 2020 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2019 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #6,198 |
| 2018 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,461 |
| 2017 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,815 |
| 2016 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,647 |
| 2015 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,094 |
| 2014 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #9,897 |
| 2013 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,172 |
| 2011 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,894 |
| 2010 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,953 |
| 2009 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,138 |
| 2008 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,576 |
| 2007 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,769 |
| 2006 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,173 |
| 2005 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,015 |
| 2004 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,179 |
| 2003 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,099 |
| 2002 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,724 |
| 2001 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,011 |
| 1999 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,368 |
| 1998 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,835 |
| 1997 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,691 |
| 1995 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,310 |
| 1981 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #6,799 |
| 1976 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,336 |
| 1974 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,076 |
| 1973 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #4,436 |
| 1972 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,241 |
| 1971 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,844 |