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Haider

“Lion; epithet of Ali ibn Abi Talib” — Arabic (حيدر) origin

Boy's name · #2056 in the US (2025) · Trending

Haider has appeared in US records since 1985 — best rank #2056 (2025) · 1,077 babies named Haider all-time · 1 in 25,000 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 1,800 boys in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 4,000 boys in Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 4,100 boys in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 5 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Haiders

• Haider Al-Abadi — Prime Minister of Iraq from 2014 to 2018
• Haider Ali — Pakistani paralympic athlete
• Haider Ackermann — French fashion designer
• Haider Qureshi — Pakistani Urdu Poet and writer
• Haider Nawzad — Iraqi rower

What Haiders become

Among 59 notable people named Haider:

No single standout — notable Haiders spread across many fields.

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