Tarig — boys' name
116 babies named Tarig in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
49% of everyone ever named Tarig was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Tarig in 1976 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tarig
The Social Security Administration has registered 116 babies named Tarig between 1975 and 1999, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tarig currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tarig performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 57 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tarig shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tarig in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tarig 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 116 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.
Tarig at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tarig popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1975
- Peak year (1976)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1999.
116 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1976 with 16 births in a single year.
Tarig by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 57 births that decade — 49% of Tarig's all-time total
Tarig decade highlights
- Peak decade 57 births
- Runner-up 35 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Tarig's strongest decade
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Tarig by state
Where Tarig concentrates geographically — total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 4.3% |
5 of 116 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 4.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 4.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1975–1999 (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.