Boys' name · since 1980
Tareq
363 babies named Tareq in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,560 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,011 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 363
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tareq currently ranks #11011 among boys' names in America, with 363 babies recorded since 1980.
Tareq has 363 recorded births among boys since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11011 as of the latest data, more common than 21% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #9,560 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,011 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 363 born since 1980
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tareq ranks #9,560 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,011 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 363 born since 1980, peaking in the 2000s.
- #9,560 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,011 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 363
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tareq's 363 recorded births place it above 78.97% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Tareq compares
363 49th 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
Tareq's all-time total is 2% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tareq | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 363 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Tareq's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tareq splits its recorded history at 2002: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1981 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1991 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tareq popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (1991)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Tareq by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (103 births, 28% of the file).
2000s was Tareq's strongest decade.
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Tareq births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
53 births
- 1990s
1990s
101 births
- 2000s
2000s
103 births
- 2010s
2010s
83 births
- 2020s 23
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 103 births (28% of all-time use).
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- Tareq's decade-level peak was the 2000s (103 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tareq: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
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 Tareq 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.