Boy name Swahili origin Muslim tradition

Baraka

bah-RAH-kah · 6 letters · 3 syllables
What it means
Blessing.
Language
Swahili
Culture
Swahili/East African
Religion
Muslim
Style era
classic
Themes
virtue
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#5451
2024 births17
Peak year2021
First appeared1971
Total US births369
2021 peak19711984199820112024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Bara
Alternate spellings
Barakah
In other languages
Barack

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