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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Haider

Haider was the 2063rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 72 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 434 places. More babies were named Haider in the 2010s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#2,063 boys, up 794 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
72boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
202572 babies
Total since 1880
1,077babies recorded

Haider popularity since 1880

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Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025#2,06372
2020#2,85742
2010#4,41222
2000#3,97320
1990#7,5016
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How popular is Haider, counting every spelling?

Haider is the most common spelling of a name family that had 72 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 72 boys in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Haider72#2,063300

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How many kids will share the name Haider?

72 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Haider (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Haider born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 116 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Haider.

Chance of another Haider in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inNew Yorkunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Haider?

About 1,100 people born in the US named Haider are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 5 and 20. That makes Haider a young name: most people with it are children.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Haider by state

How common Haider was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New Jersey (3.7×), New York (3.3×). In 42 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesIL0.05Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesNY0.11Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesOH0.02Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.13Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesCA0.03Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesVA0.03Maryland: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesMD0.04Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesGA0.02Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesTX0.04Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Haider, boys, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Haider

How popular is the name Haider?

Haider was the 2063rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 72 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 434 places. More babies were named Haider in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Haider a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Haider in the US.

Where is Haider most popular?

In 2021–2025, Haider was most common in New Jersey (0.13 per 1,000 boys), followed by New York and Illinois.