Arch
#2,765 for boys in 2025, 46 births
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 61 births
- Debut · boys
- 61 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,572since 1880
Arch over time
Rank among boys' names. Arch has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,765 | 46 |
| 2024 | #3,216 | 37 |
| 2023 | #4,610 | 22 |
| 2022 | #4,442 | 23 |
| 2021 | #8,825 | 8 |
| 2020 | #8,739 | 8 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #2,716 | 13 |
| 1972 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #2,311 | 13 |
| 1967 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1964 | #2,114 | 15 |
| 1963 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #2,364 | 12 |
| 1961 | #1,876 | 19 |
| 1960 | #2,042 | 16 |
| 1959 | #2,295 | 13 |
| 1958 | #1,953 | 17 |
| 1957 | #2,274 | 13 |
| 1956 | #2,168 | 14 |
| 1955 | #1,538 | 25 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 10 |
| 1953 | #1,508 | 25 |
| 1952 | #1,701 | 20 |
| 1951 | #1,774 | 18 |
| 1950 | #1,615 | 21 |
| 1949 | #1,434 | 26 |
| 1948 | #1,559 | 22 |
| 1947 | #1,555 | 23 |
| 1946 | #1,278 | 30 |
| 1945 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1944 | #1,683 | 17 |
| 1943 | #1,486 | 22 |
| 1942 | #1,496 | 22 |
| 1941 | #1,821 | 15 |
| 1940 | #1,680 | 17 |
| 1939 | #1,636 | 17 |
| 1938 | #1,439 | 22 |
| 1937 | #1,444 | 22 |
| 1936 | #1,384 | 23 |
| 1935 | #1,538 | 20 |
| 1934 | #1,241 | 29 |
| 1933 | #1,498 | 21 |
| 1932 | #1,356 | 26 |
| 1931 | #1,253 | 30 |
| 1930 | #1,190 | 35 |
| 1929 | #1,237 | 32 |
| 1928 | #1,003 | 47 |
| 1927 | #1,145 | 39 |
| 1926 | #1,124 | 40 |
| 1925 | #1,108 | 40 |
| 1924 | #1,107 | 42 |
| 1923 | #976 | 50 |
| 1922 | #1,032 | 47 |
| 1921 | #1,026 | 46 |
| 1920 | #987 | 48 |
| 1919 | #999 | 46 |
| 1918 | #918 | 52 |
| 1917 | #1,003 | 42 |
| 1916 | #883 | 51 |
| 1915 | #1,015 | 39 |
| 1914 | #986 | 32 |
| 1913 | #995 | 25 |
| 1912 | #854 | 27 |
| 1911 | #793 | 17 |
| 1910 | #859 | 13 |
| 1909 | #893 | 11 |
| 1908 | #1,113 | 7 |
| 1907 | #559 | 19 |
| 1906 | #674 | 13 |
| 1905 | #741 | 11 |
| 1904 | #723 | 11 |
| 1903 | #619 | 13 |
| 1902 | #507 | 18 |
| 1901 | #466 | 17 |
| 1900 | #578 | 18 |
| 1899 | #613 | 11 |
| 1898 | #403 | 24 |
| 1897 | #367 | 26 |
| 1896 | #462 | 19 |
| 1895 | #529 | 15 |
| 1894 | #322 | 30 |
| 1893 | #317 | 30 |
| 1892 | #329 | 32 |
| 1891 | #333 | 26 |
| 1890 | #369 | 23 |
| 1889 | #313 | 31 |
| 1888 | #302 | 35 |
| 1887 | #230 | 47 |
| 1886 | #301 | 32 |
| 1885 | #307 | 30 |
| 1884 | #259 | 43 |
| 1883 | #263 | 38 |
| 1882 | #221 | 55 |
| 1881 | #233 | 43 |
| 1880 | #199 | 61 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Arch was already there! It came in at #199, and was given to 61 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1975–1976, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Arch is popular in 1921
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Missouri#423 · 1 in 5,870
- Kentucky#468 · 1 in 5,264
- Illinois#507 · 1 in 11,232
Best ever in a state: #239 in Tennessee, 1918.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri | #423 | 5 | 1 in 5,870 |
| Kentucky | #468 | 5 | 1 in 5,264 |
| Illinois | #507 | 5 | 1 in 11,232 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Arch
- 451 spots since 2024 (#3,216 → #2,765)
- 5,974 spots since 2020 (#8,739 → #2,765)
- Biggest jump: 220 spots in 1909 (#1,113 → #893)
- Biggest drop: 554 spots in 1908 (#559 → #1,113)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #199 (61 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 39 yrs · run 1880–1907
- Highest: 1 in 1,811 boys born in 1880 were named Arch (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 37,132 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 16.8% of all boys named Arch (431) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 415 | #199 (1880) | #263 |
| 1890s | 236 | #317 (1893) | #404 |
| 1900s | 138 | #466 (1901) | #687 |
| 1910s | 344 | #793 (1911) | #931 |
| 1920s | 431 | #976 (1923) | #1,075 |
| 1930s | 245 | #1,190 (1930) | #1,398 |
| 1940s | 206 | #1,278 (1946) | #1,600 |
| 1950s | 176 | #1,508 (1953) | #1,942 |
| 1960s | 119 | #1,876 (1961) | #2,577 |
| 1970s | 78 | #2,716 (1973) | #3,969 |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,523 (1985) | #6,523 |
| 1990s | 7 | #6,415 (1990) | #6,415 |
| 2000s | 10 | #11,472 (2005) | #12,013 |
| 2010s | 18 | #9,670 (2018) | #10,841 |
| 2020s | 144 | #2,765 (2025) | #5,433 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Arch in 1921
Top boys' names in 1921
More about 1921
boys
1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 23,945 of them was named Arch, which outranked 79.4% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,018Joy47
- #1,018Prentice47
- #1,018Rexford47
- #1,026Arch46
- #1,026Authur46
- #1,026Bartholomew46
- #1,026Brice46
- #1,045Auther45
- #1,045Bishop45
- #1,045Boris45
Tied with 18 names at #1,026; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.