Strider
Boy · STRY-der · English
Strider is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “one who walks with long steps”. In 2025 it ranked 4,049th for boys in the US (26 babies).
What does Strider mean?
English: English word
“one who walks with long steps”
In The Lord of the Rings, Strider is the name by which the hobbits first know Aragorn.
- Say it
- STRY-der
Is Strider a girl's or a boy's name?
Strider is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Strider in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,049among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 66,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the US were named Strider, making it the 4,049th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2023, with 37 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
2025 had fewer boys named Strider than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Strider in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 52 boys in the US were given Strider or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,156, up from #4,049 for this spelling alone.
- Strider 26
- Stryder 26
Strider in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,049 |
| 2024 | 31 | #3,603 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,226 |
| 2022 | 32 | #3,531 |
| 2021 | 34 | #3,360 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
Names like Strider
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Strider
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