Haider is a distinctive choice, ranked #306 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Haider in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#306
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About the Name Haider
Haider is steadily gaining in popularity, up 75 places over the past five years. Its best recorded rank was #310 in 2002, and it currently sits at #389. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Haider is fairly common in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Haider in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Haider
Irfan Haider — Irfan Haider is a Pakistani cricketer.
Haider Ackermann — Haider Ackermann is a Colombian-born French designer of ready-to-wear fashion.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Haider
Unlikely. With around 149 UK babies named Haider per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Haider in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Haider is at its highest recorded position — #306 in 2025, with 149 births. In 2020 it ranked #464.
Haider is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Haider include: Irfan Haider, Haider Ali (cricketer, born 1997) and Haider Ackermann. Short summaries for each appear below.
Haider does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Haiders in the wild.
149
UK babies named Haider (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.1
In a school of 600
↑ 158 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Haider
Almost certainly the only Haider in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Haider
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Haider Ali, or similar spellings, may refer to: Haidar Ali (actor), Indian actor Haider Ali (artist), Pakistani painter Haider Ali (athlete), all-round Pakistani Paralympic athlete Haider Ali (boxer), Pakistani Olympic boxer Haider Ali (cricketer), Pakistani cricketer Haider Ali (United Arab Emirates cricketer), Pakistani born United Arab Emirates cricketer Haider Ali, Pakistani cricketer Haider Ali Kohari,, military general in India Haider Alo Ali, Emirati footballer Hyder Ali (c.
Haider Qureshi (Urdu: حیدر قر یشی ), Qureshi Ghulam Haider Arshad (Urdu: قر یشی غلا م حیدر ارشد ) born on 1 September 1953 in Rabwah, Punjab, is a Pakistani Urdu poet, short story writer, essayist, critic, editor and journalist.