Recorded 1975–1997 Girls' name Peak 1984 74 births

Tareka — girls' name

74 babies named Tareka in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s111980s451990s18
1980s
Peak decade

61% of everyone ever named Tareka was born in this single decade.

1984
Single peak year

10 babies were named Tareka in 1984 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Tareka

The Social Security Administration has registered 74 babies named Tareka between 1975 and 1997, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tareka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tareka performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tareka shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tareka 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 74 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.

Tareka at a glance

Last recorded 1997

Total births

74

Since 1975

23 years of records

Peak year

1984

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1997

Active since

1975

Recorded for 23 years

Last year on file: 1997

Tareka popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–1975

Last recorded 1997
Peak year (1984)
10
Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
4681012 19971993199119891986198419821981198019781975 5

Tareka by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
45 births that decade — 61% of Tareka's all-time total
1970s111980s451990s18

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tareka?
74 babies have been named Tareka since 1975. It was last recorded in 1997. The peak year was 1984 with 10 births.
When was Tareka most popular?
Tareka was most popular in the 1980s decade with 45 total births. The single peak year was 1984.
How long has the name Tareka been used?
Tareka has been recorded in Social Security data since 1975, spanning 23 years of data through 1997.
What names are similar to Tareka?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Tara, Taryn, Tarah, Taraji, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1975–1997 (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.