girl's name

Tarika

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 384

Tarika is a girl's name. In 2008 it was given to 10 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1983, when 18 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1971.

Tarika over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2008, not a full ten years.

152
'70 '80 '90 '00
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Births named Tarika by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 95
1980s 152
1990s 89
2000s (to 2008) 45

How popular is Tarika?

In 2008, Tarika was given to 10 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Tarika is used

England & Wales #6,514 3 in 2006
United States #11,557 10 in 2008

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Tarika

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Tarika also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Tarika over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Tarika

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Tarika — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Tarika

How popular is the name Tarika?

In 2008, Tarika was given to 10 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Tarika a girl's or a boy's name?

Tarika is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Tarika most popular?

Tarika peaked in 1983, when 18 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.