Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Tarek

#2,898 most common boys' name of all time · #7,012 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1962–2025

Rank among boys
#2,898
Rank overall
#7,012 of 105,966
First appeared
1962
Years on the list
63 of 146
All-time
2,278
Since 2016
362
Peak year
1996 #1,562
Best rank
#1,299 1985
Girls Boys peak 64/yr
198020002020

Tarek first appears in 1962. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 22 22 #4,576
2024 — 26 26 #4,108
2023 — 37 37 #3,247
2022 — 35 35 #3,371
2021 — 33 33 #3,454
2020 — 32 32 #3,435
2019 — 28 28 #3,825
2018 — 45 45 #2,720
2017 — 56 56 #2,333
2016 — 48 48 #2,612
2015 — 46 46 #2,659
2014 — 35 35 #3,183
2013 — 38 38 #2,977
2012 — 35 35 #3,197
2011 — 30 30 #3,537
2010 — 34 34 #3,259
2009 — 44 44 #2,772
2008 — 42 42 #2,852
2007 — 33 33 #3,333
2006 — 45 45 #2,637
2005 — 45 45 #2,508
2004 — 40 40 #2,671
2003 — 44 44 #2,407
2002 — 57 57 #1,958
2001 — 46 46 #2,232
2000 — 48 48 #2,112
1999 — 50 50 #1,947
1998 — 59 59 #1,730
1997 — 57 57 #1,716
1996 — 64 64 #1,562
1995 — 52 52 #1,721
1994 — 46 46 #1,862
1993 — 60 60 #1,531
1992 — 62 62 #1,484
1991 — 58 58 #1,525
1990 — 45 45 #1,768
1989 — 46 46 #1,694
1988 — 44 44 #1,634
1987 — 43 43 #1,628
1986 — 37 37 #1,716
1985 — 55 55 #1,299
1984 — 40 40 #1,548
1983 — 20 20 #2,472
1982 — 34 34 #1,729
1981 — 28 28 #1,984
1980 — 36 36 #1,647
1979 — 25 25 #2,090
1978 — 29 29 #1,827
1977 — 27 27 #1,895
1976 — 31 31 #1,703
1975 — 25 25 #1,934
1974 — 23 23 #1,975
1973 — 20 20 #2,111
1972 — 23 23 #1,918
1971 — 21 21 #2,048
1970 — 18 18 #2,198
1969 — 18 18 #2,040
1968 — 15 15 #2,193
1967 — 14 14 #2,241
1966 — 7 7 #3,514
1965 — 11 11 #2,614
1963 — 5 5 #4,563
1962 — 6 6 #4,028