Baraa
- Last seen for girls in 2020 at #12,142
- #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
- Given to boys 83.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2017 · 14 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 187since 1997
Baraa over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #6,803 | 12 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,469 | 13 | |
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | #7,262 | 11 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,060 | 14 | |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 | #8,146 | 9 |
| 2015 | — | #9,568 | 7 | |
| 2014 | — | #7,562 | 10 | |
| 2013 | — | #7,537 | 10 | |
| 2012 | — | #6,626 | 12 | |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #10,808 | 6 |
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| 2009 | — | #9,864 | 7 | |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | — | #10,921 | 6 | |
| 2006 | — | #12,055 | 5 | |
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| 2004 | — | #6,520 | 11 | |
| 2003 | — | #8,643 | 7 | |
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| 2001 | — | #6,935 | 9 | |
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| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #9,265 | 5 |
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First appearance
1997
The first year at least five boys were named Baraa! It came in at #9,265, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1997–2000, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Baraa is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Baraa in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Baraa
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 334 spots since 2024 (#6,469 → #6,803)
- 3,802 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #6,803)
- 2,765 spots since 2015 (#9,568 → #6,803)
Rise & fade · boys
20 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1997
- Peaked 2017 at #6,060 (14 births)
- Births halved by 2018, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 132,211
- Highest: 1 in 132,211 boys born in 2017 were named Baraa (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 41.7% of all boys named Baraa (78) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2022
- Mostly girls until 2021, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10 | #9,265 (1997) | #9,448 |
| 2000s | 52 | #6,520 (2004) | #9,258 |
| 2010s | 78 | #6,060 (2017) | #8,956 |
| 2020s | 47 | #6,469 (2024) | #8,676 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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