Meaning and history
In the case of former American president Barack Obama (1961–), the name Barack was given after his Kenyan father, who had Anglicized it from the original spelling Baraka.
20062006: no US SSA record for this spelling
2007: 5 births, rank #12,367
2008: 52 births, rank #2,432
2009: 71 births, rank #1,975
2010: 28 births, rank #3,708
20112011: 15 births, rank #5,675
2012: 16 births, rank #5,482
2013: 11 births, rank #7,026
2014: 11 births, rank #7,048
2015: 8 births, rank #8,744
20162016: 19 births, rank #4,943
2017: 11 births, rank #7,095
2018: 17 births, rank #5,320
2019: 12 births, rank #6,777
2020: 8 births, rank #8,739
20212021: 7 births, rank #9,714
2022: no US SSA record for this spelling
2023: 8 births, rank #8,921
2024: 7 births, rank #9,894
20252025: 6 births, rank #10,695
In 2025, 6 babies were recorded with the name Barack, ranking #10,695 among boys.