Tarek
Tarek is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 26 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 260.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 199664 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1962
- 2,256people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,256 boys have been named Tarek in the United States since 1962, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1996, with 64 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1997, and the 1990s alone account for 25%.
By decade
In 1996, its biggest year
Tarek was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1996 were Michael, Matthew, Jacob, Christopher and Joshua. See all of 1996.
Names that rose and fell with Tarek
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Christonpeak 1998
- Octaviouspeak 1992
- Leandrepeak 1991
- Terranpeak 1992
- Arunpeak 1995
- Larenzopeak 2019
- Jansonpeak 2016
- Jeanpierrepeak 1997
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.