boys:
1.8k births since 1945
#2924 (36th percentile)
overall:
1.8k births since 1945
#5931 (23rd percentile)
The name Baruch is the #5,931 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,824 recorded births since 1945. This represents the 23.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 23.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,924 (36.2% percentile) for all time with 1,824 births since 1945.
Baruch first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1945 (first recorded for boys in 1945). Birth data for Baruch is available in 74 out of the 79 years between 1945 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Baruch reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 7.6% percentile (ranked #842) with 40 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 40 births per million (ranked 7.6% percentile). Despite a peak around 2014, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Baruch is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #842 (7.6% percentile) with 40 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Baruch".
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Our model has identified 8 different pronunciations for the name Baruch. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 26.1% confident that Baruch is pronounced as buh-RUEK, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is bah-RUEK, at 15.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like B AH0 R UW1 K) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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