Hayder
Hayder Khan Giray was either once or twice briefly a Khan of Crimea.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Hayder
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hayder Khan Giray was either once or twice briefly a Khan of Crimea.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Hayder
The earliest SSA record of Hayder as a baby boy name dates back to 2003, when 5 babies received it. 2015 was its biggest year on record, with 8 newborns named Hayder — #8,743 in the national rankings. About 46% of every Hayder on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Hayder last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 46 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Hayder
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About the name Hayder
Hayder is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2003 and has accumulated 46 births in the dataset. Hayder's peak popularity came in 2015 when it ranked #8,743. Use the chart and map above to compare Hayder's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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