Fun Facts About the Name Bracha
- More than 2 thousand babies named Bracha: U.S. records list 2,551 babies given the name Bracha from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Bracha Mean?
Bracha is a Hebrew name meaning "blessing." It is the Hebrew noun בְּרָכָה (berakhah), meaning a blessing, used directly as a personal name. The word comes from the root ב-ר-ך (b-r-k), which carries the sense of blessing or kneeling, and the same root produces the masculine name Baruch ("blessed") and the liturgical formula baruch atah Adonai ("blessed are You, Lord"). The literal meaning and the customary name meaning are the same here: the name is simply the everyday Hebrew word for a blessing.
Bracha Name History & Origins
The noun berakhah is common throughout the Hebrew Bible, where it refers both to a blessing given by one person to another - as in Isaac's blessing of Jacob in Genesis 27 - and to blessing in a religious sense. Two biblical passages use the word as a proper name. In 2 Chronicles 20:26, after King Jehoshaphat's forces defeat Moab and Ammon, the site of the victory is called the Valley of Berachah (Emek Berakhah), "valley of blessing." In 1 Chronicles 12:3, Berachah appears in a list of Benjaminite warriors who joined David at Ziklag.
As a living given name, Bracha is used in Israel and in Jewish communities elsewhere, including Yiddish-speaking Ashkenazi communities, where it appears in spellings such as Brachah or Bracha. Hebrew names of this kind were carried through centuries of liturgical and everyday use rather than coined in modern times, and the name continues to be given to girls. The related masculine forms Baruch and Berakh are older and separately used; Bracha should not be confused with unrelated names that merely look similar.
How Popular is the Name Bracha?
Bracha has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2022. Its best rank was #1,857 in 2022.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,241 | 82 | 0.0051% |
| 2024 | #2,009 | 97 | 0.0060% |
| 2023 | #2,109 | 91 | 0.0057% |
| 2022 | #1,857 | 109 | 0.0067% |
| 2021 | #2,027 | 95 | 0.0058% |
| 2020 | #2,284 | 78 | 0.0048% |
| 2019 | #2,218 | 83 | 0.0049% |
| 2018 | #2,615 | 66 | 0.0039% |
| 2017 | #2,517 | 71 | 0.0041% |
| 2016 | #2,542 | 70 | 0.0040% |
| 2015 | #2,114 | 91 | 0.0051% |
| 2014 | #2,239 | 84 | 0.0047% |
| 2013 | #2,843 | 60 | 0.0034% |
| 2012 | #2,341 | 80 | 0.0045% |
| 2011 | #2,950 | 58 | 0.0033% |
| 2010 | #2,516 | 73 | 0.0041% |
| 2009 | #2,787 | 64 | 0.0035% |
| 2008 | #2,834 | 63 | 0.0033% |
| 2007 | #3,059 | 57 | 0.0030% |
| 2006 | #2,671 | 67 | 0.0035% |
| 2005 | #2,905 | 56 | 0.0030% |
| 2004 | #2,969 | 53 | 0.0029% |
| 2003 | #3,007 | 50 | 0.0027% |
| 2002 | #3,023 | 48 | 0.0027% |
| 2001 | #2,848 | 51 | 0.0028% |
| 2000 | #3,031 | 46 | 0.0025% |
| 1999 | #3,105 | 42 | 0.0024% |
| 1998 | #3,020 | 42 | 0.0024% |
| 1997 | #3,167 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 1996 | #2,723 | 45 | 0.0026% |
| 1995 | #3,156 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 1994 | #2,629 | 47 | 0.0026% |
| 1993 | #3,604 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 1992 | #3,151 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 1991 | #2,488 | 50 | 0.0027% |
| 1990 | #3,725 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 1989 | #3,109 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 1988 | #3,709 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1987 | #3,437 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1986 | #4,364 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1985 | #3,863 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1984 | #3,435 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 1983 | #3,565 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 1982 | #4,040 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1981 | #5,289 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1980 | #4,164 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1979 | #4,867 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 1978 | #6,441 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1977 | #7,631 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1976 | #6,683 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1975 | #4,887 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1974 | #6,314 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1973 | #5,624 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1972 | #8,407 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1970 | #4,783 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1968 | #6,323 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1959 | #5,621 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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