How Many People Are Named Boruch?
An estimated 1,085 people in the United States have the first name Boruch. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 22 years old, and Boruch peaked in popularity in 2013 with 42 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Boruch as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Boruch paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,085
About 1 in 315,903 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
22
years old
Peak Year
2013
42 births
Total Registered
1,110
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Boruch
Boruch is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 1,110 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Boruch as a male name
Ranked #3,523 in 2024
32 male births in 2024
Peak: 2013 (42 births)
Boruch: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Boruch span from the 1950s to the 2020s, covering 8 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 310 babies were registered. While Boruch is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Boruch by Decade
How has Boruch tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Boruch by State
Boruch + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Boruch as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Boruch
Other first names starting with B with a similar number of bearers.
Boruch: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Boruch?
We estimate approximately 1,085 people named Boruch are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 315,903 Americans share this first name.
Is Boruch a common name?
Boruch is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 90.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,110 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Boruch most popular?
Boruch reached peak popularity in 2013, when 42 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Boruch is approximately 22 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Boruch a male name?
Boruch is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Boruch Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Boruch Smith, Boruch Johnson, Boruch Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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