Tariq

Boy name

Tariq has been given to 6,885 babies in the U.S. since 1963. It peaked in 1998.

Meaning & origin /tæɹɪk/

Borrowed from Arabic طَارِق (ṭāriq, “messenger, nocturnal visitor, or morning star”), from طَرَقَ (ṭaraqa, “to knock, to rap”).

Origin: Arabic

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

6,885

Peak year

1998 (521 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1963

10-year trend

▲ +14%

Gender split

0% girls / 100% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Tariq.

6,876 babies since 1968

6,831 babies since 1919

6,998 babies since 1919

6,771 babies since 1915

6,759 babies since 1919

7,035 babies since 1883

7,043 babies since 1880

6,690 babies since 1898

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