Stryker
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- STRY-ker
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,572 for boys
Stryker is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “one who strikes”. In 2025 it ranked 2,572nd for boys in the US (51 babies).
What does Stryker mean?
English: spelling of the surname Striker
“one who strikes”
Is Stryker a girl's or a boy's name?
Stryker is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 51 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Stryker in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,572nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 51 about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 51 boys in the US were named Stryker, making it the 2,572nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,758th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 105 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the boys named Stryker in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Stryker in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51 | #2,572 |
| 2024 | 41 | #3,000 |
| 2023 | 73 | #2,046 |
| 2022 | 75 | #2,021 |
| 2021 | 66 | #2,156 |
| 2020 | 87 | #1,758 |
| 2019 | 87 | #1,777 |
| 2018 | 83 | #1,822 |
| 2017 | 98 | #1,623 |
| 2016 | 86 | #1,774 |
| 2015 | 105 | #1,546 |
| 2014 | 104 | #1,536 |
| 2013 | 95 | #1,612 |
| 2012 | 81 | #1,817 |
| 2011 | 94 | #1,620 |
| 2010 | 67 | #2,036 |
| 2009 | 61 | #2,182 |
| 2008 | 65 | #2,103 |
| 2007 | 31 | #3,442 |
| 2006 | 27 | #3,684 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,321 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
Names like Stryker
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Wilder, Archer, Baker, Ledger, Cooper, Walker, Karter, Wylder, Shepherd, Colter, Stetson, Carter
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, “Stryker: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/stryker, updated 20 October 2026.