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Boruch

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Boruch is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 32 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
320.00% of boys
Peak year
201342 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1955
1,110people given the name
Babies named Boruch, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,110 boys have been named Boruch in the United States since 1955, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2013, with 42 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2006, and the 2010s alone account for 28%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Boruch
1950s11
1960s19
1970s26
1980s139
1990s204
2000s263
2010s310
2020s138

In 2013, its biggest year

Boruch was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2013 were Noah, Jacob, Liam, Mason and William. See all of 2013.

Names that rose and fell with Boruch

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.