Rhyder
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RY-der
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,239 for boys
Rhyder is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “rider; horseman”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 3,239th for boys in the US (36 babies).
What does Rhyder mean?
English: spelling of Ryder, from Old English ridere
“rider; horseman”
A variant of Ryder, an occupational surname for a mounted warrior or messenger.
Is Rhyder a girl's or a boy's name?
Rhyder is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 5 girls and 36 boys in the US.
How popular is Rhyder in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 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, 3 boys in the UK were named Rhyder, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2005, with 4 boys.
In 2025, 88 boys in the UK were given Rhyder or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #473, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
- Ryder 85
- Rhyder 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Rhyder in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
How popular is Rhyder in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 36 about 1 in 47,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 36 boys in the US were named Rhyder, making it the 3,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,113th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 98 boys. It first appears in the records in 2002. 5 girls were also named Rhyder in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Rhyder than any year since 2008.
Half of all the boys named Rhyder in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,776 boys in the US were given Rhyder or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #145, up from #3,239 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 12% of the babies named Rhyder in the US were girls.
Rhyder in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,239 |
| 2024 | 49 | #2,674 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,004 |
| 2022 | 66 | #2,190 |
| 2021 | 55 | #2,438 |
| 2020 | 66 | #2,113 |
| 2019 | 64 | #2,187 |
| 2018 | 77 | #1,919 |
| 2017 | 45 | #2,714 |
| 2016 | 70 | #2,028 |
| 2015 | 78 | #1,870 |
| 2014 | 87 | #1,730 |
| 2013 | 98 | #1,578 |
| 2012 | 93 | #1,656 |
| 2011 | 79 | #1,811 |
| 2010 | 59 | #2,211 |
| 2009 | 58 | #2,251 |
| 2008 | 25 | #4,041 |
| 2007 | 29 | #3,589 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
Names like Rhyder
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ronan, Finn, Kayden, Brody, Rowan, Aiden, Lochlan, Kian, Callan, Finley, Conan, Declan
Other spellings of Rhyder
Names related to Rhyder
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Rhyder: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rhyder, updated 20 October 2026.