Bracha
Feminine · “blessing”
Bracha is a blessing in Hebrew — and the root also means a knee, because blessing and kneeling are the same word.
How old is the name Bracha?
Bracha first appears in US birth records in 1959 — 66 years ago. The typical Bracha alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 2,500 people named Bracha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Bracha most popular?
Bracha peaked in 2022, reaching #1856 nationally. Today it ranks #2239, 383 places below that high. See the whole 2022 chart.
Where it comes from
From berekh to Bracha
The story of Bracha
The same three letters give blessing and knee in Hebrew, and the pool of Bethesda's name and the Arabic baraka come from the root as well. Jewish liturgy is built on berakhot, formal blessings for nearly every occasion. Bracha is standard in Orthodox communities and appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
blessing
From the Hebrew berakhah, 'blessing', from the root b-r-k, which also gives berekh, 'knee'. The connection is generally read as kneeling to receive or give a blessing. The root is documented and the double sense genuine.
How the name formed
- berekh
- berakhah
- Bracha
Related forms: ברכה · Brocha · Baraka
Pronouncing Bracha
BRAH-khah
Two syllables, stress on the first. The ch is a throat sound as in Bach; Hebrew stresses the last.
Nicknames for Bracha
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1959
- Most girls named
- 2022109 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1856reached in 2022
- Change vs 2024
- −16.3%82 in 2025, from 98
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Bracha in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- ברכה in Hebrew — transliteration
- Brocha in Yiddish — spelling variant
- Baraka in Arabic — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, New Jersey.
Brachas among us
people named Bracha are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 19,601 born in 2025 was named Bracha
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Shanti test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Bracha's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Shanti climbed just as high around 1972, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Shanti's path sketches the road Bracha is walking now.
Bracha sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Bracha is headed
Bracha should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Bracha beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Bracha in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That blessing and knee are one root is a first-rate piece of Hebrew.
- The blessing meaning is transparent and warm.
- Brachi is a warm and widely used affectionate form.
- The ch is mispronounced by nearly all English speakers.
- It reads as specifically Orthodox Jewish.
- Bracha and Brocha are both in circulation.
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Feminine · #2239 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Brachas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,500 people named Bracha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Bracha in 2025?
- Bracha ranks #2239 among US girl names in 2025, with 82 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Bracha?
- About 1 in every 19,601 US girls born in 2025 was named Bracha — 82 in all.
- Will my child share the name Bracha with classmates?
- Bracha will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Bracha
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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