# Tarek (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tarek/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,278 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,278 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 178, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 30 | 3,590 |
| 2012 | 35 | 3,226 |
| 2013 | 38 | 2,990 |
| 2014 | 35 | 3,216 |
| 2015 | 46 | 2,675 |
| 2016 | 48 | 2,618 |
| 2017 | 56 | 2,339 |
| 2018 | 45 | 2,742 |
| 2019 | 28 | 3,887 |
| 2020 | 32 | 3,481 |
| 2021 | 33 | 3,487 |
| 2022 | 35 | 3,403 |
| 2023 | 37 | 3,281 |
| 2024 | 26 | 4,182 |
| 2025 | 22 | 4,687 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 10 | 1,744 |
| 2007 | 6 | 2,741 |
| 2008 | 11 | 1,828 |
| 2009 | 6 | 2,837 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |

## People named Tarek

- Tarek Hamed, Egyptian association football player
- Tarek Salman, association football player
- Tarek Alaa, Egyptian association football player (born 2002)
- Tarek Boudali, French actor (born 1979)
- Tarek Soliman, Egyptian footballer
- Amro Tarek, Egyptian association football player
- Tarek El-Sayed, Egyptian footballer
- Tarek Boukensa, Algerian athletics competitor (born 1981)
- Tarek Lazizi, Algerian footballer
- Tarek Yehia, Egyptian weightlifter
- Tarek Benaissa, Algerian wrestler
- Tarek El-Said, Egyptian association football player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.