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 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 55,692 of them was named Archer, which outranked 75.7% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,384Truth32
- #4,384Willamina32
- #4,384Yajaira32
- #4,477Archer31
- #4,477Abrar31
- #4,477Addaline31
- #4,477Adler31
- #4,576Adaley30
- #4,576Afnan30
- #4,576Airabella30
Tied with 98 names at #4,477; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 1,265 of them was named Archer, which outranked 98.2% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.