Baruch is a Hebrew name that means "blessed"; it opens every Hebrew blessing in the phrase Baruch atah Adonai. In the Bible Baruch ben Neriah is the scribe of the prophet Jeremiah, and the philosopher Baruch Spinoza and the financier Bernard Baruch, after whom Baruch College in New York is named, are later bearers. In the United States the name ranked number 2744 in 2000, reached number 1999 in 2023 and stood at number 2260 among boys in 2025.