Haydar is a distinctive choice, ranked #1675 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Haydar in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1675
About the Name Haydar
Haydar is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 2173 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #1202 in 2001 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Haydar 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 Haydar
Unlikely. With around 15 UK babies named Haydar per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Haydar in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Haydar is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 2173 places over the last five years to #1675 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Haydar 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 Haydar include: Haydar Karataş — Haydar Karataş is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Sakaryaspor.; César Haydar — César Rafael Haydar Villarreal is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Colombian club Atlético Nacional, on loan from Japanese...; Muhammad Haydar — Mohammad Haidar, also known as Abu Ali Haidar, is a Lebanese politician and senior leader in Hezbollah’s Jihad Council, and Unit 8030 which oversees the....
Haydar does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Haydars in the wild.
15
UK babies named Haydar (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 2173 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Haydar
Likely around 1 other Haydar in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Haydar
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
César Rafael Haydar Villarreal is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Colombian club Atlético Nacional, on loan from Japanese club Kawasaki Frontale.
Mohammad Haidar, also known as Abu Ali Haidar, is a Lebanese politician and senior leader in Hezbollah’s Jihad Council, and Unit 8030 which oversees the organization’s activities, including recruitment, training, and security. In September 2019, the U.S.
Umar bin Haydar (Chagatai and Persian: عمر بن حیدر) was the Uzbek Emir of Bukhara from December 1826 to April 1827. His father was emir Haydar bin Shahmurad.
Haydar Mirza was the youngest son of the Safavid Empire prince Hamza Mirza, and the nephew of the current Safavid ruler Shah Abbas. He was sent by Shah Abbas as a hostage to the Ottoman court in 1590, at the age of 5 or 6 years old, in order to secure the Treaty of Constantinople, putting an end to the Ottoman–Safavid War.
Qutb ad-Dīn Haydar was a Persian Sufi saint and Malāmatī-Qalāndārī Sheikh, of possible Turkic origin, and is buried in Zava, Khurasan. Qazvini, author of the Tarikh-i guzida, states Haydar was alive at the time of the Mongol invasion of Central Asia in 1220 and died in 1221 CE/618 AH.
Sayyid Baha al-Din Haydar, Haydar al-'Obaidi al-Hossayni Amuli, Sayyed Haydar Amoli, or Mir Haydar Amoli (Persian: میر حیدر آملی) a Shi'ite mystic and a Sufi philosopher, was an early representative of Persian mystic philosophy and one of the most distinguished commentators of the mystic philosopher Ibn Arabi, during the 14th century.
Sultan Haydar is an Ethiopian-born Turkish long-distance runner. The 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) tall athlete at 55 kg (121 lb) was a member of Enkaspor, where she was coached by Nikola Borić.