How rare is the name Tariq?

7,707 people in the United States have the first name Tariq, about 1 in 39,189. It ranks #2,932 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

TARIQ

#2,932

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,707
About
1 in 39,189
This common or more
81.2%
Who bears it

Of the 7,707 people named Tariq, 46.4% reported their origin as Black, 26.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 16.1% as White. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Tariq peaked in 1998, when 521 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19632025
Peak year
1998
Births that year
521
In 2025*
107 ▼79%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 6,885 babies have been given the name since 1963. 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.

Tariq by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,688. The largest share of babies named Tariq, 48.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#12,79717
1970s#3,776337
1980s#2,936627
1990s#1,6882,022
2000s#2,1011,927
2010s#3,2221,161
2020s#2,932794
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–805.8%
Millennials 1981–9622.2%
Generation Z 1997–1248.4%
2013 and later23.6%

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.

Where Tariq is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Tariq has been most common in New Jersey (2.8×), Florida (2.5×), and Maryland (2.4×), and least common in Indiana (0.26×).

4,902 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Tariq

#2,930 Jessy · 7,736#2,931 Nana · 7,719#2,933 Leif · 7,704#2,934 Blaise · 7,702

Spelled almost the same

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

#4,451 Tarik · 4,190#11,629 Tareq · 1,096#27,859 Taris · 326#33,205 Taariq · 250#36,519 Tarig · 217

Also a last name

As a last name, Tariq ranks #9,334 of 156,621, with 3,347 people. See Tariq as a last name

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