Stryder
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- STRY-der
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #4,049 for boys
Stryder is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “one who strides”. In 2025 it ranked 4,049th for boys in the US (26 babies).
What does Stryder mean?
English: spelling of Strider, from the English verb stride
“one who strides”
Strider is the name the hobbits first know Aragorn by in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.
Is Stryder a girl's or a boy's name?
Stryder 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 Stryder in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,049th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26 about 1 in 66,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the US were named Stryder, making it the 4,049th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,731st. Its busiest year was 2015, with 43 boys. It first appears in the records in 1983.
Half of all the boys named Stryder in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 52 boys in the US were given Stryder 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
Stryder in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,049 |
| 2024 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,606 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 29 | #3,736 |
| 2020 | 28 | #3,731 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 32 | #3,442 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 33 | #3,357 |
| 2015 | 43 | #2,765 |
| 2014 | 39 | #2,927 |
| 2013 | 33 | #3,263 |
| 2012 | 37 | #3,057 |
| 2011 | 39 | #2,949 |
| 2010 | 32 | #3,376 |
| 2009 | 32 | #3,397 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,918 |
| 2007 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,937 |
| 2004 | 29 | #3,281 |
| 2003 | 33 | #2,918 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
Names like Stryder
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Archer, Wilder, Cooper, Walker, Karter, Baker, Ledger, River, Colter, Parker, Carter, Stetson
Other spellings of Stryder
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
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, “Stryder: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/stryder, updated 20 October 2026.