NameTides

Tarek

Tarek was the #4,539 boys' name in the US in 2025 (22 babies), and #2,527 in Canada.

Tarek as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Tarek as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Tarek as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#4,539 (22)——#2,527 (7)
2024#4,072 (26)#3,689 (5)—#3,072 (5)
2023#3,228 (37)#3,524 (5)—#2,123 (8)
2022#3,344 (35)——#1,557 (12)
2021#3,427 (33)#4,789 (3)—#2,491 (6)
2020#3,418 (32)#2,682 (7)—#1,312 (15)
2019#3,794 (28)#3,411 (5)—#2,440 (6)
2018#2,708 (45)#3,412 (5)#749 (3)#1,572 (11)
2017#2,319 (56)#3,449 (5)—#1,074 (20)
2016#2,587 (48)#3,079 (6)—#2,428 (6)
2015#2,641 (46)#4,747 (3)—#1,319 (14)
2014#3,154 (35)——#1,778 (9)
2013#2,955 (38)——#1,771 (9)
2012#3,179 (35)——#1,143 (17)
2011#3,510 (30)#2,613 (7)—#1,038 (20)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1996 at #1,552.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1962.

How common is it?

about 1 in 77,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 77,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Tarek is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 78,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 57,000 to 1 in 110,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Tarek by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,203CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Tarek (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
TarekCanadaBoys#2,5277
TarekEngland & WalesBoys—too few
TarekIrelandBoys—too few
TarekNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
TarekUSBoys#4,53922