Zarek
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZAIR-ek
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #1,852 for boys
Zarek is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,852nd for boys in the US (85 babies).
Where does Zarek come from?
Modern: modern coinage of uncertain source
Is Zarek a girl's or a boy's name?
Zarek is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 85 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zarek in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,852nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 85 about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 83% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 85 boys in the US were named Zarek, making it the 1,852nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. It first appears in the records in 1989.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Zarek of any year since it first appeared, in 1989.
Half of all the boys named Zarek in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zarek in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 85 | #1,852 |
| 2024 | 27 | #3,984 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 32 | #3,430 |
| 2014 | 50 | #2,490 |
| 2013 | 38 | #2,953 |
| 2012 | 47 | #2,593 |
| 2011 | 44 | #2,698 |
| 2010 | 44 | #2,729 |
| 2009 | 44 | #2,752 |
| 2008 | 40 | #2,945 |
| 2007 | 42 | #2,810 |
| 2006 | 38 | #2,931 |
| 2005 | 42 | #2,610 |
| 2004 | 37 | #2,784 |
| 2003 | 31 | #3,040 |
| 2002 | 39 | #2,500 |
| 2001 | 36 | #2,613 |
| 2000 | 43 | #2,252 |
| 1999 | 52 | #1,876 |
| 1998 | 28 | #2,848 |
| 1997 | 26 | #2,899 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
Names like Zarek
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zahir, Zamir, Hamza, Jamir, Zayd, Musa, Zymir, Muhammad, Nazir, Amir, Nasir, Zayan
Names related to Zarek
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Zarek: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zarek, updated 20 October 2026.