Boys' name · since 2000
Tarkan
Tarkan has 11 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #34,148 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tarkan sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 11 recorded since 2000.
Social Security Administration records show Tarkan recorded 11 times among boys since 2000, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2005.
- #34,148 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 11 born since 2000
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tarkan ranks #34,148 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 2000, peaking in the 2000s.
- #34,148 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tarkan's 11 recorded births place it above 24.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tarkan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tarkan's full recorded timeline at 2005, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2000, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tarkan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2005
- Peak year (2005)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Tarkan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (11 births, 100% of the file).
2000s was Tarkan's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Tarkan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 11 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tarkan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~5 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, 2000–2005 (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 Tarkan 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.