Tarique — boys' name

What the Data Says About Tarique

The Social Security Administration has registered 337 babies named Tarique between 1985 and 2023, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tarique currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 38 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tarique performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 164 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Tarique shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Tarique in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tarique 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 337 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.