Meaning and history
Tariq is an Arabic name meaning “visitor” or “knocker at the door,” derived from طرق (ṭaraqa), “to knock,” and it also refers to the morning star in Arabic. The name is associated with Tariq ibn Ziyad, the Islamic general who conquered Spain for the Umayyad Caliphate in the 8th century.
20062006: 174 births, rank #1,043
2007: 145 births, rank #1,215
2008: 117 births, rank #1,428
2009: 115 births, rank #1,453
2010: 111 births, rank #1,470
20112011: 107 births, rank #1,505
2012: 115 births, rank #1,439
2013: 109 births, rank #1,492
2014: 92 births, rank #1,670
2015: 94 births, rank #1,668
20162016: 125 births, rank #1,399
2017: 141 births, rank #1,287
2018: 148 births, rank #1,244
2019: 119 births, rank #1,459
2020: 135 births, rank #1,325
20212021: 135 births, rank #1,365
2022: 138 births, rank #1,353
2023: 146 births, rank #1,309
2024: 133 births, rank #1,405
20252025: 107 births, rank #1,585
Tariq moved from #781 to #874 for boys between 2003 and 2004. Its highest annual birth count came in 1998, with 514 births.