Shem Tov Boy's nameOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: steady
BarakIn Hebrew: ברק · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: בָּרָקRomanization: barák
Barak (Hebrew: ברק) is a boy's name of biblical origin. 6,452 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 47 boys and ranked #303. Its peak year was 1991, with 231 babies.
- People in Israel
- 6,452
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 47
- rank #303
- Peak year
- 1991
- 231 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Barak
In Hebrew letters the name is ברק, read right to left. Barak is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "barák" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- Barak (the commander of the army of Deborah in the Old Testament)
- a male given name, Barak
- a surname
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Barak by year in Israel
How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Barak
How do you write Barak in Hebrew?
Barak is written ברק in Hebrew (with vowel points: בָּרָק). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "barák".
How many people in Israel are named Barak?
6,452 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name ברק: 31 women and 6,421 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Barak a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 99.5% of the people named ברק are men.
What does the name Barak mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "Barak (the commander of the army of Deborah in the Old Testament)"
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.