Tariq

maleStatistical record

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

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

Tariq: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #334, and it stood at #785 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
38times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#334highest recorded position
8groupings 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	#505
1997	#443
1998	#334
1999	#396
2000	#422
2001	#391
2002	#417
2003	#461
2004	#572
2005	#590
2006	#644
2007	#698
2008	#818
2009	#944
2010	#1055
2011	#878
2012	#1021
2013	#1086
2014	#1178
2015	#1186
2016	#1431
2017	#1339
2018	#1061
2019	#1152
2020	#1150
2021	#1448
2022	#1179
2023	#1018
2024	#1000

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 every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1000 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 #505 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 recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #334 among boys in England and Wales, in 1998 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1000 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Tariq appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 1,024 births with the name.

Tariq 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.

Tariq'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	#505 (1996)	#334 (1998)	#1000 (2024)	29 of 29	1,024 (1996–2024)	72 (1998)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#382 (1997)	#382 (1997)	#785 (2024)	9 of 28	30 (1997–2024)	5 (2004)

Tariq 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 Tariq in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	210	4 of 10	53
2000sbusiest	452	10 of 10	45
2010s	240	10 of 10	24
2020s	122	5 of 10	24

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 45 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1997 and 1998, when recorded births rose by 27, from 45 to 72.

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

Tariq 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: #334 in England and Wales in 1998.

Tariq'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	#1000	30	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1018	29	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1179	23	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1448	17	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1150	23	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1152	23	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1061	26	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1339	19	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1431	18	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1186	22	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1178	22	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1086	24	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1021	27	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#878	33	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1055	26	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#944	28	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#818	34	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#698	40	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#644	43	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#590	45	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#572	44	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#461	53	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#417	54	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#391	60	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#422	51	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#396	57	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#334	72	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#443	45	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#505	36	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	5	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#382	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 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #334, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 72 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 1 year 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.

Tarek · #749, 25y
Tarik · #500, 28y
Tarjei · #188, 67y
Taron · #694, 20y

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.

Camron · #335, 28y
Mercy · #333, 29y
Ellie-Louise · #332, 27y
Laragh · #336, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Alby · #334, 29y
Briony · #334, 29y
Rion · #334, 26y
Thom · #334, 24y

Tariq was ranked #334 in England and Wales · Boys in 1998. 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.

Tariq 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 Tariq without appearing here.

Tariq moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1448 and #1391 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1179 and #2165.
Murray Compare
In 2016 they stood at #1431 and #1271 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #1339 and #2324.
Gary Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1448 and #1329 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1179 and #2018.
Craig Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1339 and #1124 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #1061 and #1786.

Moved ahead of Tariq

Mathias Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1086 and #1247 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1178 and #889.
Theodore Compare
In 2005 they stood at #390 and #439 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2006 that had become #596 and #354.
Jonas Compare
In 2006 they stood at #644 and #663 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #698 and #476.
Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1448 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1179 and #967.

Moved the opposite way to Tariq

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tariq went from #505 to #1000 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tariq went from #505 to #1000 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tariq went from #505 to #1000 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tariq went from #505 to #1000 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Tariq

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tariq went from #505 to #1000 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tariq went from #505 to #1000 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tariq went from #505 to #1000 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tariq went from #505 to #1000 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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: #334 in England and Wales in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Tariq

Tariq at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Tariq across 2 official records

Tariq by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Tariq at a glance

Tariq across 2 official records

Tariq by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Tariq

Tariq and the names beside it

Tariq moved ahead of

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