Tarek is an uncommon variant of Tariq that peaked in 1996 and has grown less common since.
Tarek is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #4,687 for boy births in the United States (and #9,913 across all names), given to 22 babies. Tarek first appears in 1962 and peaked in 1996 (64 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | 22 | #4,687 |
| 2024 | 26 | 26 | #4,182 |
| 2023 | 37 | 37 | #3,281 |
| 2022 | 35 | 35 | #3,403 |
| 2021 | 33 | 33 | #3,487 |
| 2020 | 32 | 32 | #3,481 |
| 2019 | 28 | 28 | #3,887 |
| 2018 | 45 | 45 | #2,742 |
| 2017 | 56 | 56 | #2,339 |
| 2016 | 48 | 48 | #2,618 |
| 2015 | 46 | 46 | #2,675 |
| 2014 | 35 | 35 | #3,216 |
| 2013 | 38 | 38 | #2,990 |
| 2012 | 35 | 35 | #3,226 |
| 2011 | 30 | 30 | #3,590 |
| 2010 | 34 | 34 | #3,297 |
| 2009 | 44 | 44 | #2,795 |
| 2008 | 42 | 42 | #2,874 |
| 2007 | 33 | 33 | #3,373 |
| 2006 | 45 | 45 | #2,651 |
| 2005 | 45 | 45 | #2,524 |
| 2004 | 40 | 40 | #2,689 |
| 2003 | 44 | 44 | #2,420 |
| 2002 | 57 | 57 | #1,968 |
| 2001 | 46 | 46 | #2,244 |
| 2000 | 48 | 48 | #2,127 |
| 1999 | 50 | 50 | #1,964 |
| 1998 | 59 | 59 | #1,738 |
| 1997 | 57 | — | #1,725 |
| 1996 | 64 | — | #1,570 |
| 1995 | 52 | — | #1,732 |
| 1994 | 46 | — | #1,864 |
| 1993 | 60 | — | #1,537 |
| 1992 | 62 | — | #1,489 |
| 1991 | 58 | — | #1,525 |
| 1990 | 45 | — | #1,776 |
| 1989 | 46 | — | #1,703 |
| 1988 | 44 | — | #1,641 |
| 1987 | 43 | — | #1,633 |
| 1986 | 37 | — | #1,721 |
| 1985 | 55 | — | #1,303 |
| 1984 | 40 | — | #1,554 |
| 1983 | 20 | — | #2,486 |
| 1982 | 34 | — | #1,731 |
| 1981 | 28 | — | #1,986 |
| 1980 | 36 | — | #1,650 |
| 1979 | 25 | — | #2,097 |
| 1978 | 29 | — | #1,828 |
| 1977 | 27 | — | #1,900 |
| 1976 | 31 | — | #1,706 |
| 1975 | 25 | — | #1,940 |
| 1974 | 23 | — | #1,973 |
| 1973 | 20 | — | #2,114 |
| 1972 | 23 | — | #1,922 |
| 1971 | 21 | — | #2,041 |
| 1970 | 18 | — | #2,204 |
| 1969 | 18 | — | #2,041 |
| 1968 | 15 | — | #2,187 |
| 1967 | 14 | — | #2,237 |
| 1966 | 7 | — | #3,507 |
| 1965 | 11 | — | #2,599 |
| 1963 | 5 | — | #4,563 |
| 1962 | 6 | — | #3,997 |