MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Tarak mean?
Sanskrit tāraka can describe one who carries others across or rescues them. A separate noun sense denotes a star. Tarak is also an epithet of Shiva in his role as liberator. Taraka also names the asura defeated by Skanda in mythological accounts.
Pronunciation
IAST: tāraka
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
तारक
Letter-by-letter: tāraka
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Tarak in Indian usage
1,170 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 310 records (26.5%).
- Recorded as male: 860 records (73.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 147 |
| 1970s | 303 |
| 1980s | 445 |
| 1990s | 171 |
| Other decades | 104 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Arunachal Pradesh | 686 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 218 |
| Other states | 266 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Tarak / M | 3 | 5,137 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Tarak; Table_6, C6430 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Tarak; Table_6, C6430
- Monier-Williams, tāraka, p. 444,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: तारक ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.