Tarik
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TAR-ik
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,239 for boys
Tarik is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “night visitor; morning star”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 3,239th for boys in the US (36 babies).
What does Tarik mean?
Arabic: spelling of Tariq
“night visitor; morning star”
Gibraltar takes its name from Jabal Tariq, 'Mount of Tariq', after the 8th-century commander Tariq ibn Ziyad.
Is Tarik a girl's or a boy's name?
Tarik is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 36 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tarik in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Tarik, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 23 boys.
Half of all the boys named Tarik in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 39 boys in the UK were given Tarik or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #795, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
- Tariq 36
- Tarik 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Tarik in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 13 | #1,805 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 13 | #1,696 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,605 |
| 2006 | 10 | #1,845 |
| 2005 | 17 | #1,267 |
| 2004 | 20 | #1,071 |
| 2003 | 17 | #1,124 |
| 2002 | 15 | #1,151 |
| 2001 | 15 | #1,103 |
| 2000 | 16 | #1,021 |
| 1999 | 19 | #900 |
| 1998 | 17 | #951 |
| 1997 | 21 | #811 |
| 1996 | 23 | #724 |
How popular is Tarik in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 36 about 1 in 47,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 36 boys in the US were named Tarik, making it the 3,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,073rd. Its busiest year was 1996, with 164 boys. It first appears in the records in 1958.
Half of all the boys named Tarik in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 143 boys in the US were given Tarik or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,209, up from #3,239 for this spelling alone.
- Tariq 107
- Tarik 36
Tarik in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,239 |
| 2024 | 35 | #3,333 |
| 2023 | 36 | #3,291 |
| 2022 | 35 | #3,342 |
| 2021 | 45 | #2,774 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,073 |
| 2019 | 53 | #2,490 |
| 2018 | 32 | #3,442 |
| 2017 | 65 | #2,108 |
| 2016 | 52 | #2,437 |
| 2015 | 51 | #2,456 |
| 2014 | 52 | #2,427 |
| 2013 | 45 | #2,621 |
| 2012 | 51 | #2,447 |
| 2011 | 51 | #2,436 |
| 2010 | 46 | #2,631 |
| 2009 | 52 | #2,450 |
| 2008 | 65 | #2,103 |
| 2007 | 72 | #1,951 |
| 2006 | 86 | #1,654 |
| 2005 | 80 | #1,671 |
| 2004 | 76 | #1,684 |
| 2003 | 73 | #1,684 |
| 2002 | 66 | #1,741 |
| 2001 | 79 | #1,523 |
| 2000 | 94 | #1,350 |
| 1999 | 127 | #1,066 |
| 1998 | 141 | #975 |
| 1997 | 150 | #907 |
| 1996 | 164 | #847 |
| 1995 | 98 | #1,155 |
| 1994 | 113 | #1,044 |
| 1993 | 135 | #922 |
| 1992 | 92 | #1,146 |
| 1991 | 93 | #1,133 |
| 1990 | 86 | #1,171 |
| 1989 | 67 | #1,331 |
| 1988 | 55 | #1,400 |
| 1987 | 60 | #1,257 |
| 1986 | 54 | #1,333 |
| 1985 | 62 | #1,189 |
| 1984 | 60 | #1,173 |
| 1983 | 69 | #1,067 |
| 1982 | 68 | #1,107 |
| 1981 | 73 | #1,068 |
| 1980 | 69 | #1,089 |
| 1979 | 89 | #930 |
| 1978 | 114 | #795 |
| 1977 | 77 | #975 |
| 1976 | 94 | #860 |
| 1975 | 108 | #800 |
| 1974 | 85 | #867 |
| 1973 | 78 | #904 |
| 1972 | 48 | #1,177 |
| 1971 | 46 | #1,214 |
| 1970 | 25 | #1,742 |
| 1969 | 25 | #1,641 |
| 1968 | 18 | #1,893 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,469 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 10 | #2,672 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
Names like Tarik
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ravi, Advik, Adhvik, Aarvik, Manvik, Aadvik, Avi, Malik, Vikram, Rishi, Shivam, Aarav
Other spellings of Tarik
Names related to Tarik
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Tarik: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tarik, updated 20 October 2026.