Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Raider is a form of Reider. Reider comes from German.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Raider through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 598
- 598 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 47 babies
- 2025
- 23
- #4,502 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −7%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 23 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,502 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 6.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 47 in 2018. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 445 as a first name in 2020; 717 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Raider’s family of names
In English usage, Raider as a surname has a related form in Reider.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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