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
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 3,627 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 1 yrof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 31,391since 1880
Archer over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,878 | 27 | #98 | 3,627 |
| 2024 | #5,148 | 25 | #115 | 3,102 |
| 2023 | #4,655 | 29 | #129 | 2,834 |
| 2022 | #4,472 | 31 | #126 | 2,922 |
| 2021 | #4,090 | 35 | #139 | 2,732 |
| 2020 | #4,078 | 34 | #160 | 2,349 |
| 2019 | #4,437 | 31 | #206 | 1,884 |
| 2018 | #5,152 | 25 | #240 | 1,594 |
| 2017 | #4,477 | 31 | #254 | 1,463 |
| 2016 | #4,345 | 33 | #263 | 1,385 |
| 2015 | #6,036 | 21 | #289 | 1,275 |
| 2014 | #6,713 | 18 | #301 | 1,183 |
| 2013 | #5,834 | 22 | #353 | 899 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 | #406 | 721 |
| 2011 | #8,196 | 14 | #446 | 607 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | #551 | 458 |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 | #683 | 355 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | #1,037 | 183 |
| 2007 | — | #1,129 | 159 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,467 | 104 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,411 | 104 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,446 | 96 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,885 | 62 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,832 | 62 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,386 | 41 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,993 | 29 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,347 | 38 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,197 | 16 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,668 | 13 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,396 | 14 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,124 | 11 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,372 | 8 | |
| 1993 | — | #6,228 | 8 | |
| 1992 | — | #7,422 | 6 | |
| 1991 | — | #6,519 | 7 | |
| 1990 | — | #7,178 | 6 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
| 1988 | — | #6,426 | 6 | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | #6,385 | 5 | |
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,622 | 8 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,146 | 10 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,891 | 11 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,314 | 8 | |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | #2,470 | 11 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,986 | 8 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,930 | 5 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,546 | 11 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,539 | 11 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,364 | 12 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,706 | 10 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,337 | 7 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,414 | 12 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,818 | 9 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,631 | 10 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,628 | 10 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,139 | 14 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,207 | 13 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,391 | 11 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,376 | 11 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,904 | 16 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,941 | 15 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,453 | 10 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,443 | 10 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,786 | 18 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,143 | 12 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,581 | 18 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,988 | 13 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,910 | 15 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,042 | 13 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,821 | 15 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,322 | 10 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,288 | 10 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,646 | 8 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,627 | 18 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,964 | 13 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,127 | 12 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,860 | 15 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,542 | 9 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,995 | 14 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,864 | 8 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,079 | 14 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,096 | 14 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,960 | 16 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,034 | 16 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,466 | 25 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,870 | 18 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,532 | 25 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,502 | 25 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,883 | 18 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,159 | 38 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,457 | 26 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,122 | 38 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,172 | 35 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,437 | 24 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,415 | 24 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,342 | 25 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,772 | 13 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,945 | 9 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,353 | 13 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,421 | 6 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,155 | 7 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #1,094 | 7 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,111 | 6 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | #1,035 | 5 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | #648 | 10 | |
| 1887 | — | #631 | 9 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
| 1884 | — | #764 | 7 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #691 | 8 | |
| 1881 | — | #653 | 8 | |
| 1880 | — | #640 | 9 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2025 at #98 (3,627 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 1 yr · 2025
- Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 2009–2025
- Highest: 1 in 471 boys born in 2025 were named Archer (0.21%)
- 56.0% of all boys named Archer (17,566) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 61 | #631 (1887) | #742 |
| 1890s | 10 | #1,035 (1893) | #1,055 |
| 1900s | 25 | #1,094 (1907) | #1,124 |
| 1910s | 192 | #1,122 (1919) | #1,472 |
| 1920s | 221 | #1,159 (1921) | #1,696 |
| 1930s | 121 | #1,627 (1937) | #2,199 |
| 1940s | 134 | #1,581 (1945) | #2,049 |
| 1950s | 121 | #1,904 (1951) | #2,345 |
| 1960s | 83 | #2,364 (1962) | #2,910 |
| 1970s | 49 | #2,891 (1970) | #4,501 |
| 1980s | 17 | #6,385 (1982) | #6,584 |
| 1990s | 127 | #2,347 (1999) | #5,445 |
| 2000s | 1,195 | #683 (2009) | #1,627 |
| 2010s | 11,469 | #206 (2019) | #331 |
| 2020s | 17,566 | #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 2014
Top girls' names in 2014
Top boys' names in 2014
More about 2014
girls
1,786,355 girls got a published name in 2014; 1 in 99,242 of them was named Archer, which outranked 65.1% of the 19,232 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,451Ziara19
- #6,451Zoejane19
- #6,451Zunaira19
- #6,713Archer18
- #6,713Aamina18
- #6,713Aashritha18
- #6,713Abi18
- #6,987Aaliyha17
- #6,987Aalyah17
- #6,987Aarini17
Tied with 273 names at #6,713; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 3,632Aranza#4,243 → #611
- ↑ 576Montserrat#1,148 → #572
- ↑ 573Monserrat#1,165 → #592
- ↑ 463Maisie#1,116 → #653
- ↑ 419Ariadne#1,220 → #801
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,920,871 boys got a published name in 2014; 1 in 1,624 of them was named Archer, which outranked 97.9% of the 14,081 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.