Rider
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RY-der
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,657 for boys
Rider is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “horseman”. In 2025 it ranked 3,657th for boys in the US (30 babies).
What does Rider mean?
English: English occupational surname
“horseman”
From the English surname for a mounted man; borne by H. Rider Haggard, author of King Solomon's Mines.
Is Rider a girl's or a boy's name?
Rider is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rider in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,657th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 30 about 1 in 57,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 30 boys in the US were named Rider, making it the 3,657th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,731st. Its busiest year was 2014, with 71 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the boys named Rider in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,776 boys in the US were given Rider or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #145, up from #3,657 for this spelling alone.
Rider in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #3,657 |
| 2024 | 26 | #4,069 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,606 |
| 2022 | 44 | #2,871 |
| 2021 | 28 | #3,810 |
| 2020 | 28 | #3,731 |
| 2019 | 44 | #2,807 |
| 2018 | 51 | #2,506 |
| 2017 | 41 | #2,890 |
| 2016 | 45 | #2,688 |
| 2015 | 61 | #2,212 |
| 2014 | 71 | #1,999 |
| 2013 | 48 | #2,526 |
| 2012 | 69 | #2,015 |
| 2011 | 69 | #1,987 |
| 2010 | 50 | #2,466 |
| 2009 | 69 | #2,009 |
| 2008 | 60 | #2,206 |
| 2007 | 61 | #2,185 |
| 2006 | 39 | #2,880 |
| 2005 | 38 | #2,799 |
| 2004 | 59 | #2,020 |
| 2003 | 25 | #3,523 |
| 2002 | 26 | #3,344 |
| 2001 | 31 | #2,926 |
| 2000 | 26 | #3,213 |
| 1999 | 27 | #3,027 |
| 1998 | 20 | #3,593 |
| 1997 | 24 | #3,059 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
Names like Rider
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
River, Karter, Aarav, Gunner, Bridger, Ryker, Rishi, Veer, Avi, Arjun, Ash, Rayan
Other spellings of Rider
Names related to Rider
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Rider: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rider, updated 20 October 2026.