Raider
Boy · RAY-der · English
Raider is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “one who makes raids”. In 2025 it ranked 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Raider mean?
English: the English word
“one who makes raids”
The English word for an attacker; sports teams such as the Las Vegas Raiders have made it familiar.
- Say it
- RAY-der
Is Raider a girl's or a boy's name?
Raider is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Raider in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,395among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Raider, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 47 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995.
2025 had fewer boys named Raider than any year since 2010.
Half of all the boys named Raider in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Raider in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 29 | #3,791 |
| 2023 | 32 | #3,564 |
| 2022 | 30 | #3,689 |
| 2021 | 43 | #2,861 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 35 | #3,256 |
| 2018 | 47 | #2,634 |
| 2017 | 32 | #3,437 |
| 2016 | 30 | #3,595 |
| 2015 | 32 | #3,430 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 36 | #3,058 |
| 2012 | 27 | #3,804 |
| 2011 | 28 | #3,694 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
Names like Raider
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