Tarek

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Tarek: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Tarek: Recorded since 1996, it reached #749 in 2018, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#749highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1040
1997	#1454
1998	#2419
1999	#1199
2000	#1889
2001	#1286
2002	#1651
2003	#1410
2004	#1732
2005	#1851
2006	#1744
2007	#2741
2008	#1828
2009	#2837
2010	#3865
2011	#2613
2015	#4747
2016	#3079
2017	#3449
2018	#3412
2019	#3411
2020	#2682
2021	#4789
2023	#3523
2024	#3688

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 25 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2018: #749 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #3412 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1040 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Tarek by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Tarek in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	36	4 of 10	9
2000sbusiest	87	10 of 10	9
2010s	35	7 of 10	5
2020s	20	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Tarek appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #749 in Republic of Ireland in 2018.

Tarek's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2682	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3079	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1828	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1744	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1851	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1732	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1410	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1651	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1286	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1199	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1454	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1040	13	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #749, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2018, and 22 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Tarald · #287, 39y
Taran · #417, 29y
Tarik · #500, 28y
Tariq · #334, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Abdul-Raheem · #749, 25y
Ashar · #749, 24y
Kaeden · #749, 22y
Konstantinos · #749, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Abdul-Raheem · #749, 25y
Alissia · #749, 28y
Ashar · #749, 24y
Konstantinos · #749, 25y

Tarek was ranked #749 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2018. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Tarek and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Tarek without appearing here.

Tarek moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3412 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2682 and #4608.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4991.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Garry Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3079 and #3079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3412 and #4749.

Moved ahead of Tarek

Leif Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2613 and #3300 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #4747 and #1786.
Aksel Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2613 and #2892 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #4747 and #1902.
Gustav Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2682 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #2125.
Anders Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2682 and #4608 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #2301.

Moved the opposite way to Tarek

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tarek went from #1040 to #3688 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tarek went from #1040 to #3688 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tarek went from #1040 to #3688 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tarek went from #1040 to #3688 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Tarek

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tarek went from #1040 to #3688 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tarek went from #1040 to #3688 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tarek went from #1040 to #3688 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tarek went from #1040 to #3688 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #749 in Republic of Ireland in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Tarek by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Tarek at a glance

Tarek by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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