How Many People Are Named Tarek?
people named Tarek are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 155,923 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,278 babies named Tarek in Social Security records from 1962 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
64 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant transcription of TARIQ.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Tarek in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Tarek alive today is about 27 years old, and 56% are under 30. Half of them were between 15 and 38 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Tarek first appears in the records in 1962 and was given most often in 1996, to 64 babies. In 2025, 22 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1962 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Tarek has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,302, in 1985. In 2025 it ranked #4,686.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,686 |
| Best rank | #1,302 (1985) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,676 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Tarek alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Tarek were born in California than in any other state: about 254 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Tarek was given 4.3 times as often in New York, 2.8 times in Michigan and 2.7 times in California.
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