boys:
2.2k births since 1962
#2670 (42nd percentile)
overall:
2.2k births since 1962
#5565 (28th percentile)
The name Tarek is the #5,565 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,230 recorded births since 1962. This represents the 28.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 28.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,670 (41.8% percentile) for all time with 2,230 births since 1962.
Tarek first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1962 (first recorded for boys in 1962). Birth data for Tarek is available in 61 out of the 62 years between 1962 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Tarek reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 7.6% percentile (ranked #719) with 32 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 32 births per million (ranked 7.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Tarek ranks #879 for boys (3.5% percentile) with 20 births per million, which is 63.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tarek".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Tarek", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 27 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Tariq" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Tariq..
Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Tarek. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 60.0% confident that Tarek is pronounced as TAH-rehk, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TAH-rihk, at 17.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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