Archer

#4,878 for girls in 2025, 27 births · #98 for boys in 2025, 3,627 births
Given to boys 98.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
2025 · 3,627 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
1 yr
of 146 years
Total births · boys
31,391
since 1880

Archer over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,87827#983,627
2024#5,14825#1153,102
2023#4,65529#1292,834
2022#4,47231#1262,922
2021#4,09035#1392,732
2020#4,07834#1602,349
2019#4,43731#2061,884
2018#5,15225#2401,594
2017#4,47731#2541,463
2016#4,34533#2631,385
2015#6,03621#2891,275
2014#6,71318#3011,183
2013#5,83422#353899
2012#9,10912#406721
2011#8,19614#446607
2010#14,9596#551458
2009#9,37912#683355
2008#15,4056#1,037183
2007#1,129159
2006#1,467104
2005#1,411104
2004#1,44696
2003#1,88562
2002#1,83262
2001#2,38641
2000#2,99329
1999#2,34738
1998#4,19716
1997#4,66813
1996#4,39614
1995#5,12411
1994#6,3728
1993#6,2288
1992#7,4226
1991#6,5197
1990#7,1786
1989#6,9416
1988#6,4266
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982#6,3855
1981
1980
1979#6,0565
1978
1977
1976
1975#5,4645
1974#5,2275
1973#5,1015
1972#3,6228
1971#3,14610
1970#2,89111
1969#3,3148
1968
1967#2,47011
1966#2,9868
1965#3,9305
1964#2,54611
1963#2,53911
1962#2,36412
1961#2,70610
1960#3,3377
1959#2,41412
1958#2,8189
1957#2,63110
1956#2,62810
1955#2,13914
1954#2,20713
1953#2,39111
1952#2,37611
1951#1,90416
1950#1,94115
1949#2,45310
1948#2,44310
1947#1,78618
1946#2,14312
1945#1,58118
1944#1,98813
1943#1,91015
1942#2,04213
1941#1,82115
1940#2,32210
1939#2,28810
1938#2,6468
1937#1,62718
1936#1,96413
1935#2,12712
1934#1,86015
1933#2,5429
1932#1,99514
1931#2,8648
1930#2,07914
1929#2,09614
1928#1,96016
1927#2,03416
1926#1,46625
1925#1,87018
1924#1,53225
1923#1,50225
1922#1,88318
1921#1,15938
1920#1,45726
1919#1,12238
1918#1,17235
1917#1,43724
1916#1,41524
1915#1,34225
1914#1,77213
1913#1,9459
1912#1,35313
1911#1,7405
1910#1,4216
1909#1,1557
1908
1907#1,0947
1906#1,1116
1905
1904
1903
1902#1,1375
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894#1,0745
1893#1,0355
1892
1891
1890
1889#9745
1888#64810
1887#6319
1886
1885#9365
1884#7647
1883
1882#6918
1881#6538
1880#6409
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Archer was already there! It came in at #640, and was given to 9 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Archer
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 17 spots since 2024 (#115#98)
  • 62 spots since 2020 (#160#98)
  • 191 spots since 2015 (#289#98)
  • Biggest jump: 354 spots in 2009 (#1,037#683)
  • Biggest drop: 326 spots in 1889 (#648#974)
Rise & fade · boys
145 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2025 at #98 (3,627 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 1 yr · 2025
  • Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 2009–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 471
  • Highest: 1 in 471 boys born in 2025 were named Archer (0.21%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 56.0% of all boys named Archer (17,566) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s61#631 (1887)#742
1890s10#1,035 (1893)#1,055
1900s25#1,094 (1907)#1,124
1910s192#1,122 (1919)#1,472
1920s221#1,159 (1921)#1,696
1930s121#1,627 (1937)#2,199
1940s134#1,581 (1945)#2,049
1950s121#1,904 (1951)#2,345
1960s83#2,364 (1962)#2,910
1970s49#2,891 (1970)#4,501
1980s17#6,385 (1982)#6,584
1990s127#2,347 (1999)#5,445
2000s1,195#683 (2009)#1,627
2010s11,469#206 (2019)#331
2020s17,566#98 (2025)#128

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.

Archer in 1920

boys
#1,457
26 births · 1 in 40,937 boys

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #1,457Archer26
More about 1920

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 40,937 of them was named Archer, which outranked 70.8% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Archer
  1. #1,416Salvadore27
  2. #1,416Sonny27
  3. #1,416Thurmon27
  4. #1,457Archer26
  5. #1,457Alf26
  6. #1,457Alferd26
  7. #1,457Ballard26
  8. #1,505Adan25
  9. #1,505Albino25
  10. #1,505Antoine25

Tied with 47 names at #1,457; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 960Harding#1,351#391
  2. 607Cameron#1,351#744
  3. 566Hardin#1,531#965
  4. 392Laurel#1,321#929
  5. 368Terrence#1,297#929
Fallers
  1. 789Pershing#593#1,382
  2. 580Woodroe#877#1,457
  3. 385Quinten#867#1,252
  4. 383Orvel#890#1,273
  5. 373Rexford#927#1,300

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1920