Schneider
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SHNY-der
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Schneider is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “tailor”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Schneider mean?
Germanic: German occupational surname
“tailor”
One of the most common German surnames, from schneiden 'to cut', used for a tailor.
Is Schneider a girl's or a boy's name?
Schneider 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 Schneider 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 Schneider, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the boys named Schneider in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Schneider in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
Names like Schneider
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Bridger, Kayden, Brayden, Aiden, Declan, Ronan, Keegan, Deacon, Decker, Finnegan, Finn, Brody
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
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, “Schneider: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/schneider, updated 20 October 2026.