Hyde
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HYD
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Hyde is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “a hide of land”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Hyde mean?
English: English surname, from Old English hid
“a hide of land”
From an English surname for someone living on a hide, a measure of land able to support one household.
Is Hyde a girl's or a boy's name?
Hyde is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hyde in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Hyde, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 2004.
Half of all the boys named Hyde in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hyde in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 29 | #3,736 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,350 |
| 2017 | 30 | #3,582 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
Names like Hyde
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Hyde: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hyde, updated 20 October 2026.