boys:
1.1k births since 1955
#3521 (23rd percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1955
#6662 (14th percentile)
The name Boruch is the #6,662 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,077 recorded births since 1955. This represents the 13.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,521 (23.2% percentile) for all time with 1,077 births since 1955.
Boruch first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1955 (first recorded for boys in 1955). Birth data for Boruch is available in 53 out of the 69 years between 1955 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, Boruch reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 4.2% percentile (ranked #851) with 21 births per million. The name was most common in 2013, with 21 births per million (ranked 4.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Boruch ranks #889 for boys (2.4% percentile) with 15 births per million, which is 70.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Boruch".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Boruch. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 78.9% confident that Boruch is pronounced as BAW-ruhk, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BAW-ruek, at 10.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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