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Baruch

Boy's name · #2260 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Baruch is near its high-water mark: it reached #1999 in 2023 and still ranked #2260 in 2025. About 2,000 boys have carried it since 1945.

Across the states

In recent years, Baruch ran 7–10× its national rate in New Jersey and New York.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 2 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Baruch ranks in other countries and regions.

#3,239 in Ecuador (2025) · #5,137 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,337 in Austria (2024) · #3,678 in France (2023) · #7,873 in Italy (2022) · #2,198 in Canada (2017).

Famous Baruches

• Baruch Samuel Blumberg — American physician, geneticist and Nobel prize winner (1925–2011)
• Baruch Marzel — Israeli religious and political extremist (born 1959)
• Baruch Lumet — Polish actor (1898–1992)
• Baruch Ashlag — Polish rabbi (1907–1991)
• Baruch Kimmerling — Israeli sociologist and historian (1939–2007)

In stories & tradition

• Baruch ben Neriah — Biblical character, friend of prophet Jeremiah
• Baruch^da — His Dark Materials character

What Baruches become

Among 130 notable people named Baruch:

Business leaders appear 2.44× more often than among typical names — e.g. Baruch Ivcher, Israeli-born business tycoon (born 1940).

Similar names: Armoni · Bauer · Uzziah · Binyamin · Shalom · Yehoshua

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