Tarik is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1996 and has since faded.
Tarik is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #3,304 for boy births in the United States (and #7,097 across all names), given to 36 babies. Tarik first appears in 1958 and peaked in 1996 (164 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | 36 | — | #3,304 |
| 2024 | 35 | 35 | — | #3,389 |
| 2023 | 36 | 36 | — | #3,336 |
| 2022 | 35 | 35 | — | #3,404 |
| 2021 | 45 | 45 | — | #2,814 |
| 2020 | 37 | 37 | — | #3,128 |
| 2019 | 53 | 53 | — | #2,522 |
| 2018 | 32 | 32 | — | #3,513 |
| 2017 | 65 | 65 | — | #2,127 |
| 2016 | 52 | 52 | — | #2,472 |
| 2015 | 51 | 51 | — | #2,482 |
| 2014 | 52 | 52 | — | #2,457 |
| 2013 | 45 | 45 | — | #2,663 |
| 2012 | 51 | 51 | — | #2,481 |
| 2011 | 51 | 51 | — | #2,475 |
| 2010 | 46 | 46 | — | #2,675 |
| 2009 | 52 | 52 | — | #2,480 |
| 2008 | 65 | 65 | — | #2,120 |
| 2007 | 72 | 72 | — | #1,971 |
| 2006 | 86 | 86 | — | #1,666 |
| 2005 | 80 | 80 | — | #1,690 |
| 2004 | 76 | 76 | — | #1,697 |
| 2003 | 73 | 73 | — | #1,699 |
| 2002 | 66 | 66 | — | #1,764 |
| 2001 | 79 | 79 | — | #1,540 |
| 2000 | 94 | 94 | — | #1,360 |
| 1999 | 127 | 127 | — | #1,072 |
| 1998 | 141 | 141 | — | #979 |
| 1997 | 150 | — | — | #913 |
| 1996 | 164 | — | — | #852 |
| 1995 | 98 | — | — | #1,170 |
| 1994 | 113 | — | — | #1,051 |
| 1993 | 135 | — | — | #928 |
| 1992 | 92 | — | — | #1,157 |
| 1991 | 93 | — | — | #1,145 |
| 1990 | 86 | — | — | #1,179 |
| 1989 | 67 | — | — | #1,348 |
| 1988 | 55 | — | — | #1,425 |
| 1987 | 60 | — | — | #1,270 |
| 1986 | 54 | — | — | #1,344 |
| 1985 | 62 | — | — | #1,211 |
| 1984 | 60 | — | — | #1,188 |
| 1983 | 69 | — | — | #1,074 |
| 1982 | 68 | — | — | #1,113 |
| 1981 | 73 | — | — | #1,070 |
| 1980 | 69 | — | — | #1,095 |
| 1979 | 94 | — | #11,782 | #935 |
| 1978 | 114 | — | — | #797 |
| 1977 | 77 | — | — | #980 |
| 1976 | 100 | — | #9,144 | #864 |
| 1975 | 108 | — | — | #802 |
| 1974 | 85 | — | — | #879 |
| 1973 | 78 | — | — | #913 |
| 1972 | 48 | — | — | #1,193 |
| 1971 | 46 | — | — | #1,232 |
| 1970 | 25 | — | — | #1,790 |
| 1969 | 25 | — | — | #1,675 |
| 1968 | 18 | — | — | #1,955 |
| 1967 | 11 | — | — | #2,593 |
| 1966 | 9 | — | — | #2,962 |
| 1965 | 7 | — | — | #3,509 |
| 1964 | 10 | — | — | #2,829 |
| 1963 | 10 | — | — | #2,834 |
| 1961 | 6 | — | — | #4,019 |
| 1960 | 10 | — | — | #2,852 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | — | #4,515 |
| 1958 | 5 | — | — | #4,450 |