Haider is a distinctive choice, ranked #389 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Haider in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#389
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 distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Haider
Unlikely. With around 106 UK babies named Haider per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Haider in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Haider is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 75 places over the last five years to #389 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
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 — Irfan Haider is a Pakistani cricketer.; Haider Ali (cricketer, born 1997) — Haider Ali is a Pakistani cricketer who has played for Lahore.; Haider Ackermann — Haider Ackermann is a Colombian-born French designer of ready-to-wear fashion..
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.
106
UK babies named Haider (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.1
In a school of 600
↑ 75 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
Likely around 1 other Haider in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
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
Irfan Haider is a Pakistani cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited in the 2003–04 Patron's Trophy on 12 January 2004.
Haider Ali is a Pakistani cricketer who has played for Lahore. He made his first-class debut for Lahore Shalimar in the 2013–14 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy on 10 December 2018.
Haider Ackermann is a Colombian-born French designer of ready-to-wear fashion. He lives in Paris, and is currently creative director of Canada Goose and Tom Ford.
Haider Jawad Kadhim al-Abadi is an Iraqi politician who was Prime Minister of Iraq from September 2014 until October 2018. Previously he served as Minister of Communication from 2003 to 2004, in the first government after Saddam Hussein was deposed.
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.
Jörg Haider was an Austrian politician. He was Governor of Carinthia on two occasions, the long-time leader of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) and later Chairman of the Alliance for the Future of Austria (Bündnis Zukunft Österreich, BZÖ), a breakaway party from the FPÖ.
Sarah Haider is an American writer, public speaker, and political activist. She cofounded the advocacy group Ex-Muslims of North America (EXMNA), which seeks to help former Muslims.
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. He writes in Urdu.
Sayyad Agha Haider (also spelt as Syed Agha Hyder) was a barrister and judge in British India. He is known for refusing to impose the death sentence on Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru in the 1930 Lahore conspiracy case.