How Many People Are Named Tariq?
people named Tariq are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 50,929 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,885 babies named Tariq in Social Security records from 1963 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
521 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "he who knocks at the door" in Arabic. This is the Arabic name of the morning star. Tariq ibn Ziyad was the Islamic general who conquered Spain for the Umayyad Caliphate in the 8th century.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Tariq (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Tariq alive today is about 23 years old, and 75% are under 30. Half of them were between 13 and 29 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Tariq first appears in the records in 1963 and was given most often in 1998, to 521 babies. In 2025, 107 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1963 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Tariq has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #444, in 1998. In 2025 it ranked #1,599.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,599 |
| Best rank | #444 (1998) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #750 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Tariq alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Tariq were born in New York than in any other state: about 801 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Tariq was given 2.9 times as often in New Jersey, 2.6 times in New York and 2.3 times in Maryland.
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