Altariq — boys' name
211 babies named Altariq in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Altariq was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Altariq in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Altariq
The Social Security Administration has registered 211 babies named Altariq between 1975 and 2016, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Altariq currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Altariq performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 94 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Altariq shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 117 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Altariq in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Altariq in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 211 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Altariq at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Altariq popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1975
- Peak year (1997)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
211 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 16 births in a single year.
Altariq by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 94 births that decade — 45% of Altariq's all-time total
Altariq decade highlights
- Peak decade 94 births
- Runner-up 52 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Altariq's strongest decade
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Altariq by state
Where Altariq concentrates geographically — total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 117 | 55.5% |
117 of 211 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New Jersey 55.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New Jersey accounts for 55.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1975–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.