Tariq
- Last seen for girls in 1998 at #11,138
- #1,585 for boys in 2025, 107 births
- Given to boys 99.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1998 · 514 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,878since 1963
Tariq over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Tariq has never cracked the top 400 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,585 | 107 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,405 | 133 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,309 | 146 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,353 | 138 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,365 | 135 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,325 | 135 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,459 | 119 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,244 | 148 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,287 | 141 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,399 | 125 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,668 | 94 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,670 | 92 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,492 | 109 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,439 | 115 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,505 | 107 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,470 | 111 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,453 | 115 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,428 | 117 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,215 | 145 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,043 | 174 | |
| 2005 | — | #999 | 172 | |
| 2004 | — | #871 | 201 | |
| 2003 | — | #775 | 225 | |
| 2002 | — | #738 | 236 | |
| 2001 | — | #689 | 261 | |
| 2000 | — | #646 | 281 | |
| 1999 | — | #580 | 335 | |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | #444 | 514 |
| 1997 | — | #729 | 213 | |
| 1996 | — | #799 | 180 | |
| 1995 | — | #949 | 137 | |
| 1994 | — | #935 | 138 | |
| 1993 | — | #909 | 140 | |
| 1992 | — | #923 | 132 | |
| 1991 | — | #930 | 130 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,086 | 96 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,140 | 87 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,427 | 54 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,218 | 63 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,345 | 53 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,158 | 65 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,228 | 56 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,178 | 59 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,179 | 61 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,029 | 78 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,313 | 51 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,044 | 71 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,149 | 59 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,210 | 53 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,390 | 41 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,134 | 21 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,050 | 21 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,513 | 15 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,966 | 21 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,052 | 20 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,399 | 15 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,595 | 7 | |
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| 1967 | — | #3,966 | 5 | |
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| 1963 | — | #4,048 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1963
The first year at least five boys were named Tariq! It came in at #4,048, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1963–1968, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Tariq is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- Illinois#805 · 1 in 4,955
- Michigan#999 · 1 in 6,699
- North Carolina#1,028 · 1 in 7,353
- Florida#1,056 · 1 in 7,961
- New York#1,202 · 1 in 9,380
Best ever in a state: #110 in District of Columbia, 1998.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Illinois | #805 | 10 | 1 in 4,955 |
| Michigan | #999 | 6 | 1 in 6,699 |
| North Carolina | #1,028 | 7 | 1 in 7,353 |
| Florida | #1,056 | 12 | 1 in 7,961 |
| New York | #1,202 | 9 | 1 in 9,380 |
| California | #2,203 | 6 | 1 in 29,246 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 260 spots since 2020 (#1,325 → #1,585)
- 83 spots since 2015 (#1,668 → #1,585)
- Biggest jump: 285 spots in 1998
- Biggest drop: 136 spots in 1999
Rise & fade · boys
35 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1963
- Peaked 1998 at #444 (514 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 15 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1991–2005
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,719
- Highest: 1 in 3,719 boys born in 1998 were named Tariq (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 15,963 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 29.3% of all boys named Tariq (2,015) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17 | #3,595 (1969) | #3,870 |
| 1970s | 337 | #1,044 (1979) | #1,791 |
| 1980s | 627 | #1,029 (1981) | #1,222 |
| 1990s | 2,015 | #444 (1998) | #828 |
| 2000s | 1,927 | #646 (2000) | #986 |
| 2010s | 1,161 | #1,244 (2018) | #1,463 |
| 2020s | 794 | #1,309 (2023) | #1,390 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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