Tarak
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Tarak is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Tarak mean?
Sanskrit
A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Tarak a girl's or a boy's name?
Tarak is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tarak in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Tarak, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the boys named Tarak in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tarak in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
Names like Tarak
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avyaan Aarav Vihaan Shivansh Atharv Veer Viraj Krishiv Advik Ayansh Ivaan Devansh
Names related to Tarak
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Aadhya Ishaan Siya Leena Veda India
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Tarak: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tarak, updated 20 October 2026.