Tarik

maleStatistical record

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

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

Tarik: Recorded since 1996, it reached #500 in 2003, and it stood at #2,443 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#500highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#680
1997	#788
1998	#887
1999	#840
2000	#953
2001	#1027
2002	#1077
2003	#1092
2004	#999
2005	#1190
2006	#1892
2007	#1578
2008	#1828
2009	#2544
2010	#1724
2011	#2613
2012	#3039
2014	#3362
2015	#2707
2016	#4810
2017	#4812
2019	#3411
2020	#3848
2021	#4789
2022	#3048
2023	#4991
2024	#2443

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 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2008: #698 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1828 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 #680 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
Highest recorded2003–2013
Highest recorded position: #500 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2003 (recorded 2003–2013).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2443 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Tarik appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 27 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 292 births with the name.

Tarik across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Tarik's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#680 (1996)	#680 (1996)	#2443 (2024)	27 of 29	292 (1996–2024)	23 (1996)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#500 (2003)	#500 (2003)	#711 (2013)	3 of 11	9 (2003–2013)	3 (2003)

Tarik 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 Tarik in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	79	4 of 10	20
2000sbusiest	139	10 of 10	14
2010s	49	8 of 10	6
2020s	25	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 14 births a year.

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

Tarik 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: #500 in Republic of Ireland in 2003.

Tarik'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	#2443	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1724	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1828	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1578	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1892	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1190	17	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#999	20	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1092	16	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1077	15	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1027	15	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#953	16	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#840	19	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#887	17	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#788	20	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#680	23	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	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 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #500, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 23 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 7 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.

Taran · #417, 29y
Tarek · #749, 25y
Tariq · #334, 29y
Tarjei · #188, 67y

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.

Abdel · #500, 26y
Arif · #500, 29y
Ata · #500, 23y
Damilola · #500, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Abdel · #500, 26y
Arif · #500, 29y
Ayobami · #500, 18y
Ayoola · #500, 13y

Tarik was ranked #500 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2003. 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.

Tarik 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 Tarik without appearing here.

Tarik moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #5119.
Brett Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #3523 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #4270.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Tarik

Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #1461.
Anders Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3848 and #4608 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #2301.
Matheo Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2707 and #3908 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #3079.
Kelly Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3411 and #4702 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #3451.

Moved the opposite way to Tarik

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tarik went from #680 to #2443 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tarik went from #680 to #2443 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tarik went from #680 to #2443 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tarik went from #680 to #2443 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Tarik

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tarik went from #680 to #2443 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tarik went from #680 to #2443 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tarik went from #680 to #2443 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tarik went from #680 to #2443 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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: #500 in Republic of Ireland in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Tarik

Tarik at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Tarik across 2 official records

Tarik by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Tarik appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Tarik at a glance

Tarik across 2 official records

Tarik by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Tarik

Tarik and the names beside it

Tarik moved ahead of

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