Boys' name · since 1980
Tarak
124 babies named Tarak in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,037 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,446 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 124
- born since 1980
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Tarak is the #8446 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 124 recorded since 1980.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tarak has been recorded 124 times among boys since 1980, currently ranked #8446 nationally and more common than 39% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #16,037 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,446 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 124 born since 1980
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tarak ranks #16,037 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,446 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 124 born since 1980, peaking in the 2020s.
- #16,037 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,446 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 124
- born since 1980
- 2020s
- peak decade
Tarak's 124 recorded births place it above 64.73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Tarak compares
124 29th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Tarak's all-time total is 66% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tarak | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 124 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Tarak's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tarak's full recorded timeline at 2019, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tarak popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Tarak by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (61 births, 49% of the file).
2020s was Tarak's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Tarak births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
41 births
- 2020s
2020s
61 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 61 births (49% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tarak: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~45 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1980–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Tarak draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.