How popular is the name Haidar?

324 US babies were named Haidar between 1940 and 2025. The name peaked in 2025.

What careers are people named Haidar over-represented in?

Among notable men who are footballers, Haidars show up 1.8× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is. This is a pattern among people who already have the name, not a prediction.

Name meaning & stats

Haidar

Q: How common is the spelling Haidar?

1 in 4 Haiders spell it Haidar.

Haidar. 324 US babies since 1940, peak 2025. Notable Haidars are 1.8× over-represented as footballers.

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What it means

No agreed meaning on record

In US birth records

Peak year: 2025

324 US babies were named Haidar between 1940 and 2025.

Haidar around the world

Sweden: 136 babies since 1998, peak 2018, No. 651 in 2022
England & Wales: 450 babies since 1996, peak 2005, No. 1,895 in 2025
France: 60 babies since 1900, peak 2023

From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.

Where Haidars end up

Career	vs expected	Confidence
Footballer	1.8×	Medium · 11 people
Actor	1.2×	Low · 3 people
Politician	0.9×	Low · 3 people
Professor	1.0×	Low · 2 people

Among notable men who are footballers, Haidars show up 1.8× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.

Notable people of every nationality born 1940–2005 (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.

Other spellings

1 in 4 Haiders spell it Haidar

Haider 77%
Haidar 23%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 2025)