All over the world, 巴克 (Bak 
, Buck , Barke , along with others...) is a common mostly masculine, but seldom girly forename. The first name 巴克 is habitual in Tanzania, where it is quite a rare girly name, the United States, where it is quite a rare male name, and Algeria, where it is quite a rare mostly masculine, but uncommonly female name. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in the United States, India, and Tanzania. More frequently, 巴克 is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Buck, Bak, Barke | Germany, United Kingdom, United States, Poland, Netherlands |
| Barker, Bakker | Germany, United Kingdom, Australia, United States, Netherlands |
| 巴克 | China |
| Backe | Germany, United Kingdom, Australia, United States, Poland |
Bache, Bacher, Bachke, Back, Backer, Bacque, Bacqué, Bake, Baker, Bakk, Bakke, Barch, Barck, Bark, Becker, Beckerová, Beker, Bekker, Bock, Bąk, Бак, Бакке, Баккер, Бакки, Баркер, Бейкер, Беккер, Бокк, Бэйкер, באק, באקר, בוק, בייקר, בק, باركر, باك, باكر, بوك, بيكر, バッカー, バック, バッケ, バーカー, ベイカー, ベッカー, ベーカー, ボック, 博克, 拜克, and 波克
巴克 is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Buck Rogers , the science fiction hero, Amazing Stories; Buck , the character from Disney's Home on the Range; Buck , the fictional character, Pokémon; Buck Winters , the character in the CBS crime drama Numb3rs, Numbers and Buck Mulligan , the character in James Joyce's Ulysses, and in many other works.