Given name & surname
Tareq
“one who demands entry; of the morning star”
In English use, Tareq has a related form in Tariq. One Arabic interpretation is “one who demands entry; of the morning star.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Tareq has a related form in Tariq. One Arabic interpretation is “one who demands entry; of the morning star.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Tareq has a related form in Tariq. An origin associated with Tariq is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tareq through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 363
- 363 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,834 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −56%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,834 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,096 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tareq’s family of names
In English usage, Tareq has a related form in Tariq.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Tareq
- Tareq Mubarak TaherKenyan-born Bahraini athleteborn 1984
- Tareq SalehMember of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Councilborn 1970
- Tareq SalahiAmerican vintner, white house intruder and former public officialborn 1969
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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