Haider
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HY-der
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #331 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,056 for boys
Haider is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “lion”. In 2025 it ranked 331st for boys in the UK (149 babies) and 2,056th for boys in the US (72 babies).
What does Haider mean?
Arabic: South Asian spelling of Haidar
“lion”
South Asian spelling of Haidar, lion, a title of Ali ibn Abi Talib.
Is Haider a girl's or a boy's name?
Haider is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 149 boys in the UK and 72 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Haider in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 331st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 149 about 1 in 2,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 149 boys in the UK were named Haider, making it the 331st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 492nd.
2025 had the most boys named Haider of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Haider in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 170 boys in the UK were given Haider or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #309, up from #331 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 306th in England and Wales.
Haider in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 149 | #331 |
| 2024 | 106 | #422 |
| 2023 | 119 | #390 |
| 2022 | 125 | #376 |
| 2021 | 118 | #414 |
| 2020 | 87 | #492 |
| 2019 | 92 | #490 |
| 2018 | 85 | #513 |
| 2017 | 107 | #449 |
| 2016 | 93 | #484 |
| 2015 | 100 | #455 |
| 2014 | 89 | #498 |
| 2013 | 73 | #550 |
| 2012 | 84 | #505 |
| 2011 | 100 | #436 |
| 2010 | 58 | #632 |
| 2009 | 88 | #471 |
| 2008 | 111 | #378 |
| 2007 | 87 | #446 |
| 2006 | 111 | #348 |
| 2005 | 94 | #369 |
| 2004 | 83 | #381 |
| 2003 | 67 | #429 |
| 2002 | 87 | #336 |
| 2001 | 75 | #378 |
| 2000 | 75 | #369 |
| 1999 | 52 | #466 |
| 1998 | 62 | #404 |
| 1997 | 39 | #525 |
| 1996 | 53 | #424 |
How popular is Haider in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,056th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 72 about 1 in 24,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 72 boys in the US were named Haider, making it the 2,056th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,845th. It first appears in the records in 1985.
2025 had the most boys named Haider of any year since it first appeared, in 1985.
Half of all the boys named Haider in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 121 boys in the US were given Haider or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,328, up from #2,056 for this spelling alone.
Haider in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72 | #2,056 |
| 2024 | 69 | #2,133 |
| 2023 | 50 | #2,613 |
| 2022 | 66 | #2,190 |
| 2021 | 43 | #2,861 |
| 2020 | 42 | #2,845 |
| 2019 | 48 | #2,655 |
| 2018 | 44 | #2,747 |
| 2017 | 47 | #2,636 |
| 2016 | 52 | #2,437 |
| 2015 | 50 | #2,485 |
| 2014 | 39 | #2,927 |
| 2013 | 33 | #3,263 |
| 2012 | 29 | #3,622 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 22 | #4,365 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 28 | #3,600 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 26 | #3,530 |
| 2003 | 21 | #3,971 |
| 2002 | 24 | #3,549 |
| 2001 | 36 | #2,613 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
Names like Haider
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Yahya, Umar, Muhammad, Amir, Musa, Arham, Rayyan, Zayd, Zayan, Zayaan, Abdullah
Other spellings of Haider
Names related to Haider
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa, Liyana
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Haider: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/haider, updated 20 October 2026.