Hayder
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HAY-der
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Hayder is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “lion”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Hayder mean?
Arabic: spelling of Haidar
“lion”
Haidar, 'lion', was a title of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the Prophet Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law.
Is Hayder a girl's or a boy's name?
Hayder is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hayder in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Hayder, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 15 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Hayder than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Hayder in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Hayder in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 14 | #1,779 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,540 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
Names like Hayder
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Yahya Umar Amir Haider Musa Arham Zayaan Zayan Zayd Ahmed Mustafa
Names related to Hayder
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo Safa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hayder: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hayder, updated 20 October 2026.