Barack

#10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births

Peak · boys
2009 · 71 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
312
since 2007

Barack over time

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Rank among boys' names. Barack has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202009peak #1,975, 2009boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirths
2025#10,6956
2024#9,8947
2023#8,9218
2022
2021#9,7147
2020#8,7398
2019#6,77712
2018#5,32017
2017#7,09511
2016#4,94319
2015#8,7448
2014#7,04811
2013#7,02611
2012#5,48216
2011#5,67515
2010#3,70828
2009#1,97571
2008#2,43252
2007#12,3675
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First appearance
2007

The first year at least five boys were named Barack! It came in at #12,367, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2022, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Barack is popular in 2009

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,382 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 14,510 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedWIMichigan: #1,042 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 9,871 boysMINew York: #1,809 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 21,542 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,715 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 26,905 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedHITexas: #1,662 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 23,307 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Barack, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Michigan#1,042 · 1 in 9,871
  2. Illinois#1,382 · 1 in 14,510
  3. Texas#1,662 · 1 in 23,307
  4. California#1,715 · 1 in 26,905
  5. New York#1,809 · 1 in 21,542

Best ever in a state: #1,042 in Michigan, 2009.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Michigan#1,04251 in 9,871
Illinois#1,38251 in 14,510
Texas#1,66281 in 23,307
California#1,71591 in 26,905
New York#1,80951 in 21,542
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Barack
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 801 spots since 2024 (#9,894#10,695)
  • 1,956 spots since 2020 (#8,739#10,695)
  • 1,951 spots since 2015 (#8,744#10,695)
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 2007
  • Peaked 2009 at #1,975 (71 births)
  • Births halved by 2010, 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 27,938
  • Highest: 1 in 27,938 boys born in 2009 were named Barack (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 47.4% of all boys named Barack (148) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
2000s128#1,975 (2009)#5,591
2010s148#3,708 (2010)#6,182
2020s36#8,739 (2020)#9,593

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.

Barack in 2009

boys
#1,975
71 births · 1 in 27,938 boys

Top boys' names in 2009

  1. #1Jacob21,204
  2. #2Ethan19,858
  3. #3Michael18,964
  4. #4Alexander18,254
  5. #5William17,937
  6. #6Joshua17,671
  7. #7Daniel17,564
  8. #8Jayden17,316
  9. #9Noah17,262
  10. #10Christopher16,368
  11. #1,975Barack71
More about 2009

boys

1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 27,938 of them was named Barack, which outranked 86.4% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Barack
  1. #1,959Payson72
  2. #1,959Tylor72
  3. #1,959Wilfredo72
  4. #1,975Barack71
  5. #1,975Akshay71
  6. #1,975Avian71
  7. #1,975Caine71
  8. #1,990Arav70
  9. #1,990Arden70
  10. #1,990Chasen70

Tied with 14 names at #1,975; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. 951Knox#1,655#704
  2. 510Kellan#1,133#623
  3. 462Jaxen#1,329#867
  4. 422Bentley#936#514
  5. 354Archer#1,037#683
Fallers
  1. 493Yurem#995#1,488
  2. 222Cordell#786#1,008
  3. 212Shamar#926#1,138
  4. 201Trevin#797#998
  5. 198Glenn#865#1,063

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2009