Tariq
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TAR-ik
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #936 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,585 for boys
Tariq is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “night visitor, morning star”. In 2025 it ranked 936th for boys in the UK (36 babies) and 1,585th for boys in the US (107 babies).
What does Tariq mean?
Arabic
“night visitor, morning star”
Gibraltar takes its name from Jabal Tariq, Tariq's mountain, after Tariq ibn Ziyad, who led the Muslim conquest of Spain in 711.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Tariq a girl's or a boy's name?
Tariq is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 36 boys in the UK and 107 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tariq in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 936th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 36 about 1 in 8,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 36 boys in the UK were named Tariq, making it the 936th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,179th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 76 boys.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had more boys named Tariq than any year since 2007.
Half of all the boys named Tariq in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2014. 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 Tariq or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #795, up from #936 for this spelling alone.
- Tariq 36
- Tarik 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 873rd in England and Wales.
Tariq in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #936 |
| 2024 | 30 | #1,064 |
| 2023 | 29 | #1,098 |
| 2022 | 23 | #1,270 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,547 |
| 2020 | 25 | #1,179 |
| 2019 | 24 | #1,193 |
| 2018 | 26 | #1,142 |
| 2017 | 19 | #1,428 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,512 |
| 2015 | 23 | #1,237 |
| 2014 | 24 | #1,196 |
| 2013 | 26 | #1,112 |
| 2012 | 28 | #1,070 |
| 2011 | 34 | #929 |
| 2010 | 27 | #1,085 |
| 2009 | 28 | #1,032 |
| 2008 | 34 | #885 |
| 2007 | 40 | #765 |
| 2006 | 44 | #690 |
| 2005 | 46 | #632 |
| 2004 | 47 | #599 |
| 2003 | 54 | #499 |
| 2002 | 56 | #444 |
| 2001 | 61 | #421 |
| 2000 | 52 | #456 |
| 1999 | 58 | #427 |
| 1998 | 76 | #356 |
| 1997 | 48 | #457 |
| 1996 | 36 | #529 |
How popular is Tariq in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,585th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 107 about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 107 boys in the US were named Tariq, making it the 1,585th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,325th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 514 boys. It first appears in the records in 1963.
2025 had fewer boys named Tariq than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Tariq in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 143 boys in the US were given Tariq or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,209, up from #1,585 for this spelling alone.
- Tariq 107
- Tarik 36
Tariq in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 107 | #1,585 |
| 2024 | 133 | #1,405 |
| 2023 | 146 | #1,309 |
| 2022 | 138 | #1,353 |
| 2021 | 135 | #1,365 |
| 2020 | 135 | #1,325 |
| 2019 | 119 | #1,459 |
| 2018 | 148 | #1,244 |
| 2017 | 141 | #1,287 |
| 2016 | 125 | #1,399 |
| 2015 | 94 | #1,668 |
| 2014 | 92 | #1,670 |
| 2013 | 109 | #1,492 |
| 2012 | 115 | #1,439 |
| 2011 | 107 | #1,505 |
| 2010 | 111 | #1,470 |
| 2009 | 115 | #1,453 |
| 2008 | 117 | #1,428 |
| 2007 | 145 | #1,215 |
| 2006 | 174 | #1,043 |
| 2005 | 172 | #998 |
| 2004 | 201 | #870 |
| 2003 | 225 | #774 |
| 2002 | 236 | #738 |
| 2001 | 261 | #688 |
| 2000 | 281 | #646 |
| 1999 | 335 | #579 |
| 1998 | 514 | #444 |
| 1997 | 213 | #728 |
| 1996 | 180 | #797 |
| 1995 | 137 | #946 |
| 1994 | 138 | #932 |
| 1993 | 140 | #907 |
| 1992 | 132 | #920 |
| 1991 | 130 | #926 |
| 1990 | 96 | #1,082 |
| 1989 | 87 | #1,136 |
| 1988 | 54 | #1,422 |
| 1987 | 63 | #1,216 |
| 1986 | 53 | #1,344 |
| 1985 | 65 | #1,157 |
| 1984 | 56 | #1,227 |
| 1983 | 59 | #1,178 |
| 1982 | 61 | #1,178 |
| 1981 | 78 | #1,029 |
| 1980 | 51 | #1,313 |
| 1979 | 71 | #1,044 |
| 1978 | 59 | #1,149 |
| 1977 | 53 | #1,210 |
| 1976 | 41 | #1,390 |
| 1975 | 21 | #2,133 |
| 1974 | 21 | #2,050 |
| 1973 | 15 | #2,511 |
| 1972 | 21 | #1,966 |
| 1971 | 20 | #2,051 |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,398 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
Names like Tariq
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Muhammad, Ahmed, Hassan, Abdullah, Umar, Amir, Mustafa, Fahad, Khalid, Raheem, Musa
Other spellings of Tariq
Names related to Tariq
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
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, “Tariq: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tariq, updated 20 October 2026.