Hyder
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HY-der
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Hyder is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “lion”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Hyder mean?
Arabic: South Asian spelling of Haidar
“lion”
Haidar was an epithet of Ali ibn Abi Talib, cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad.
Is Hyder a girl's or a boy's name?
Hyder is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hyder in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Hyder, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2004, with 5 boys.
Half of all the boys named Hyder in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2013. 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 Hyder or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #309, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Hyder in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Hyder in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Hyder, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the boys named Hyder in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 121 boys in the US were given Hyder or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,328, up from #7,675 for this spelling alone.
Hyder in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
Names like Hyder
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
River Yahya Hamza Rayan Aarav Hamish Hunter Ayaan Archer Asher Bodhi Arham
Other spellings of Hyder
Names related to Hyder
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo
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, “Hyder: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hyder, updated 20 October 2026.