Name meaning & stats
Tarek
Tarek (Arabic origin). 2,278 US babies since 1940, peak 1996.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
ArabicSpelling of Tariq
In US birth records
Peak year: 1996
2,278 US babies were named Tarek between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Tarek (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 6 Tariqs spell it Tarek
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1996)