How rare is the name Tarek?

3,871 people in the United States have the first name Tarek, about 1 in 78,024. It ranks #4,701 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

TAREK

#4,701

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,871
About
1 in 78,024
This common or more
84.4%
Who bears it

Of the 3,871 people named Tarek, 80.8% reported their origin as White, 5.9% as Black and 5.6% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Tarek peaked in 1996, when 64 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19622025
Peak year
1996
Births that year
64
In 2025*
22 ▼66%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 2,278 babies have been given the name since 1962. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Tarek by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #3,990. The largest share of babies named Tarek, 32.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1960s#7,47976
1970s#4,720242
1980s#4,065383
1990s#3,990553
2000s#5,814444
2010s#6,608395
2020s#7,767185
Baby boom 1946–640.5%
Generation X 1965–8015.1%
Millennials 1981–9632.2%
Generation Z 1997–1231.1%
2013 and later21.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Tarek

#4,699 Dylon · 3,874#4,699 Nader · 3,874#4,702 Aubri · 3,868#4,703 Elzbieta · 3,866

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Tarek, most common first.

#4,451 Tarik · 4,190#11,629 Tareq · 1,096#29,961 Tarak · 293#43,336 Tarez · 163#50,640 Tareek · 118#52,462 Tareka · 107

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