Barek
Barek is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Jiří Barek, Czech electroanalytical chemist and university teacher of analytical chemistry Mohammad Abdul Barek, Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician Mounir Barek, Tunisian volleyball player
Meaning & Origin of Barek
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Barek is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Jiří Barek, Czech electroanalytical chemist and university teacher of analytical chemistry Mohammad Abdul Barek, Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician Mounir Barek, Tunisian volleyball player
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The Story of Barek
Barek first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2005, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2005: 5 births, good for #11,471 nationwide. Barek last appeared in the published SSA data in 2005, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Barek
Barek is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2005 and has accumulated 5 births in the dataset. Barek's peak popularity came in 2005 when it ranked #11,471. Use the chart and map above to compare Barek's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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