Barack

Where Barack comes from

Anglicized spelling, used by Luo speakers, of Barak, ostensibly as an Old Testament name. A cognate of the biblical Baruch.
— Wiktionary's entry for Barack
  • Arabic
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 2007
    First appearance
    #12,367 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2009
    Peak, #1,975
    71 babies named Barack — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2010
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #3,708.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Arabic.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Barack hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.