Tyreek
A name given to boys, derived from the Arabic name "Tariq" which means "the morning star".
Name Census estimates that about 2,309 living Americans carry the first name Tyreek. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Tyreek today is around 24 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Tyreek births was 1998 (182 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Tyreek. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Tyreek with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
2.3K
~ 1 in 148,443 Americans
Peak year
1998
182 babies that year
Average age
24
years old
2024 SSA rank
#4,173
Tracked since 1974
Census
Tyreek in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 1,645 people with the first name Tyreek, which placed it at #8,737 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#8,737
National first-name rank
People counted
1.6K
1,645 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.5
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Black or African American
87.5% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Tyreek
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Tyreek is Black at 87.5%. The next largest groups are Two or More Races (6.1%) and Hispanic (3.4%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Tyreek described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Tyreek at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Black or African American87.5% · 1,439
- Two or more races6.1% · 101
- Hispanic or Latino3.4% · 56
- White2.4% · 39
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.4% · 6
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.2% · 4
Popularity
Tyreek: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Tyreek from the 1970s through to the 2020s, spanning 6 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1990s, with 944 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1990s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Tyreek by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Tyreek during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Tyreeks live
The SSA's state-level files cover 18 states and territories. New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey recorded the most babies named Tyreek, while Mississippi, Missouri, Michigan recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 71 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Tyreek
The name Tyreek is a modern variation of the Arabic name Tarik, which originated from the word "tariq" meaning "path" or "way." It is believed to have first emerged in the early Middle Ages, around the 7th or 8th century CE, during the spread of Islam and the Arab conquests.
The earliest recorded use of the name Tarik can be found in the historical accounts of the Moorish conquest of the Iberian Peninsula in 711 CE. Tarik ibn Ziyad was a Berber Muslim commander who led the initial Islamic invasion and conquest of the Visigothic Kingdom, crossing the Strait of Gibraltar and establishing a foothold in modern-day Spain and Portugal.
Throughout the centuries, the name Tarik and its variations have been borne by various notable figures in the Islamic world. One such figure was Tarik al-Idrisi, a 12th-century Arab geographer, cartographer, and Egyptologist who served at the court of King Roger II of Sicily. His work, the Nuzhat al-Mushtaq (The Pleasure of Him Who Longs to Cross the Horizons), was a pioneering world map and one of the first detailed descriptions of the known world at the time.
In the modern era, the name Tyreek gained popularity as a variant spelling, particularly in the United States. One of the earliest recorded examples of this spelling is Tyreek Hill, an American football wide receiver currently playing for the Miami Dolphins in the National Football League (NFL). Born in 1994, Hill is known for his exceptional speed and agility on the field.
Another notable bearer of the name Tyreek is Tyreek Burnett, an American actor and producer born in 1988. He has appeared in various television shows and films, including "The Oath" and "Bosch."
Tyreek Duren, born in 1990, is an American professional basketball player who has played in several leagues, including the NBA G League and internationally in countries like Germany and Israel.
Tyreek Maddox-Williams is an American track and field athlete born in 1999, specializing in sprinting events. He won gold medals in the 4x100m and 4x200m relays at the 2019 World Athletics U20 Championships.
Tyreek Smith is an American football defensive lineman born in 1998, currently playing for the Seattle Seahawks in the NFL. He was drafted by the Seahawks in the 2022 NFL Draft.
People
Tyreek + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Tyreek as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with T
Other first names starting with T with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Tyreek: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Tyreek?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 2,309 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Tyreek going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 148,443 US residents.
Is Tyreek a common name?
We classify Tyreek as "Rare". It ranks above 94.2% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 2,352 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Tyreek most popular?
The single biggest year for Tyreek was 1998, when 182 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Tyreek is about 24 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Tyreek in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 1,645 people with the name Tyreek, or 0.54 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #8,737 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Tyreek in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Tyreek?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Tyreek appears almost entirely male. Of the 1,637 people counted with this name, 100.0% were male and only a very small share were female. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Tyreek?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Tyreek is Black at 87.5%. The next largest groups are Two or More Races (6.1%) and Hispanic (3.4%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Tyreek most often in the Census?
Black is the largest reported group for people named Tyreek in the 2020 Census, accounting for 87.5% (1,439 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Tyreek in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Tyreek a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Tyreek in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Tyreek still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Tyreek in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Tyreek can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people have the name Tyreek?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.