Boruch
Boruch is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Boruch Ber Leibowitz, main student of Rabbi Chaim Brisker famed for his Talmudic lectures Boruch Greenfeld, (1872–1956), rabbi and Torah scholar Boruch Israel Dyner (1903–1979), Belgian–Israeli chess master Boruch of Medzhybizh (1753–1811), the first major "rebbe" of the Hasidic movement to hold court in Mezhbizh and Beis Medrash Boruch…
Meaning & Origin of Boruch
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Boruch is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Boruch Ber Leibowitz, main student of Rabbi Chaim Brisker famed for his Talmudic lectures Boruch Greenfeld, (1872–1956), rabbi and Torah scholar Boruch Israel Dyner (1903–1979), Belgian–Israeli chess master Boruch of Medzhybizh (1753–1811), the first major "rebbe" of the Hasidic movement to hold court in Mezhbizh and Beis Medrash Boruch…
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The Story of Boruch
The earliest SSA record of Boruch as a baby boy name dates back to 1955, when 6 babies received it. 2013 was its biggest year on record, with 42 newborns named Boruch — #2,763 in the national rankings. About 26% of every Boruch on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Boruch ranks #3,424 for baby boys with 34 births, rising sharply (+16% over the past five years). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
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About the name Boruch
Boruch is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1955 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Boruch's peak popularity came in 2013 when it ranked #2,577. Use the chart and map above to compare Boruch'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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