boys' name ★ peaked 2025

Haider

Meaning Haider is a South Asian and Arabic given name Gender Boy Rank 2025 #2,063 Trend ↑ Rising 48%

Haider is a South Asian and Arabic given name.

Rank 2025
#2,063
among boys · ↑80 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
72
named Haider · +4% vs 2024
How common
1 in 23,723
boys born in 2025
Peak year
2025
72 babies
All-time total
1,077
#4,894 all-time among boys
First recorded
1985
in Social Security records

Haider popularity over time

1,077 babies have been named Haider since 1985, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2025Boys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Boys Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – –
1890s – – – –
1900s – – – –
1910s – – – –
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1970s – – – –
1980s 11 1 – #6,055
1990s 101 10 +818% #4,054
2000s 237 24 +135% #2,642
2010s 386 39 +63% #2,448
2020s (to 2025) 342 57 +48% #2,063

Where Haider is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 boys (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 boys Implied rank
2026 77 0.05 outside top 500
2027 82 0.05 outside top 500
2028 86 0.05 outside top 500
2029 90 0.05 outside top 500
2030 93 0.05 outside top 500

Where Haider is most popular

Boys named Haider per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.035 per 1,000. Strongest in New Jersey, New York, and Illinois.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are boys named Haider born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Boys 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
New Jersey 26 0.129 +272%
New York 49 0.113 +226%
Illinois 13 0.051 +46%
Texas 39 0.044 +27%
Maryland 5 0.042 +21%
California 25 0.027 -21%
Virginia 5 0.026 -24%
Georgia 5 0.020 -43%
Ohio 5 0.019 -46%
Alaska – – –
Alabama – – –
Arkansas – – –
Arizona – – –
Colorado – – –
Connecticut – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Florida – – –
Hawaii – – –
Iowa – – –
Idaho – – –
Indiana – – –
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Kentucky – – –
Louisiana – – –
Massachusetts – – –
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North Carolina – – –
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Oklahoma – – –
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Pennsylvania – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Carolina – – –
South Dakota – – –
Tennessee – – –
Utah – – –
Vermont – – –
Washington – – –
Wisconsin – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Haider

Haider is rare for boys in the United States, ranked #2,063 in 2025 with 72 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1985, 1,077 American babies have been named Haider. Its peak came in 2025, when 72 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Haider stood among all boys' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Haider?

The median living Haider is about 10 years old; half are between 4 and 19. An estimated 1,100 people named Haider are alive in the United States today.

median 10 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Haider year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Boys Boys rank
2025 72 #2,063
2024 69 #2,143
2023 50 #2,626
2022 66 #2,201
2021 43 #2,881
2020 42 #2,857
2019 48 #2,673
2018 44 #2,766
2017 47 #2,650
2016 52 #2,448
2015 50 #2,497
2014 39 #2,951
2013 33 #3,290
2012 29 #3,646
2011 22 #4,418
2010 22 #4,412
2009 15 #5,909
2008 22 #4,448
2007 21 #4,546
2006 28 #3,634
2005 24 #3,860
2004 26 #3,565
2003 21 #4,031
2002 24 #3,598
2001 36 #2,642
2000 20 #3,973
1995 9 #6,096
1990 6 #7,501
1985 6 #6,055
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Famous people named Haider

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Haider al-Abadi Haider al-Abadi Prime Minister of Iraq from 2014 to 2018 b. 1952 · Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Haider, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Haider?

The median living Haider is about 10 years old. Half of all living Haiders are between 4 and 19 years old.

How many people named Haider are alive today?

An estimated 1,100 people named Haider are alive in the United States, based on 1,077 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Haider mean?

Haider is a South Asian and Arabic given name.

How popular is the name Haider in 2025?

Haider ranked #2,063 among boys' names in the United States in 2025, with 72 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Haider?

1,077 babies have been named Haider in the United States since 1985, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Haider most popular?

Haider peaked in 2025, when 72 newborns received the name.

Is Haider a boy or girl name?

Haider is overwhelmingly a boy's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Haider rising or falling?

Haider is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Haider become more popular?

Haider is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 93 boys named Haider in 2030, which would rank outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Haider?

Well-known people named Haider include Haider al-Abadi (politician).

Names like Haider

Names that sound and feel close to Haider: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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