Rayder
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RAY-der
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Rayder is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
Where does Rayder come from?
Modern: Ray with the ending of Ryder, or a respelling of Raider
Is Rayder a girl's or a boy's name?
Rayder is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rayder in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,799th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Rayder, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 2005.
Half of all the boys named Rayder in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rayder in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
Nicknames for Rayder
- Ray 69 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Rayder
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden, Ryker, Raiden, Kyaire, Ryder, Ronan, Raylan, Iker, Braylen, Zymir, Keyler, Brecken
Names related to Rayder
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
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, “Rayder: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rayder, updated 20 October 2026.