Baraka

Boy #4761 in 2023

Baraka is a boy name that appears in U.S. Social Security records.

Popularity of Baraka

Popularity, 1971–2023

21 births in 2023

1971 2023

352 U.S. births recorded from 1971–2023.

Peak year

2021

24 babies

First recorded

1971

52 years of history

Recent trend

Rising

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

Qur’anic concept

بَرَكَة

Baraka

Baraka is divine blessing — a sustaining goodness that God places in people, times, and places. The word is cognate with the greeting mubārak (blessed) and the salawat on the Prophet in which Muslims ask God to bless him and his family.

From the Qur’an

"And if only the people of the cities had believed and feared Allah, We would have opened upon them blessings from the heaven and the earth…"

— Qur’an, Al-Aʿraf 7:96

"…to al-Masjid al-Aqsa, whose surroundings We have blessed…"

— Qur’an, Al-Isra 17:1

Related guide

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Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Meanings and origins are curated from etymological sources. If you spot an error, please let us know.