Tyreek
Tyreek or Tyreke is a given name. Notable people with the name include:TyreekTyreek Burwell, American football player Tyreek Duren, American basketball player Tyreek Hill, American football player Tyreek Johnson, American football player Tyreek Maddox-Williams, American football playerTyrekeTyreke Evans, American basketball player Tyreke Johnson, English footballer Tyreke Smith, American football…
- African American
Meaning & Origin of Tyreek
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tyreek or Tyreke is a given name. Notable people with the name include:TyreekTyreek Burwell, American football player Tyreek Duren, American basketball player Tyreek Hill, American football player Tyreek Johnson, American football player Tyreek Maddox-Williams, American football playerTyrekeTyreke Evans, American basketball player Tyreke Johnson, English footballer Tyreke Smith, American football…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- African American
The Story of Tyreek
American parents first put Tyreek on the record books as a baby boy name in 1974, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1998, when 182 Tyreeks were born — ranking #821 that year. The 1990s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 39% of all recorded Tyreeks. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #3,603 among baby boy names with 32 births, gradually rising (+9%). In total, more than 2K Tyreeks have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Tyreek
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Tyreek. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Tyreek
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About the name Tyreek
Tyreek is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1974 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Tyreek's peak popularity came in 1998 when it ranked #821. Use the chart and map above to compare Tyreek's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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