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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017boysat 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 2017

girls
#4,477
31 births · 1 in 55,692 girls
boys
#254
1,463 births · 1 in 1,265 boys

Top girls' names in 2017

  1. #1Emma19,873
  2. #2Olivia18,778
  3. #3Ava16,017
  4. #4Isabella15,263
  5. #5Sophia14,947
  6. #6Mia13,521
  7. #7Charlotte12,969
  8. #8Amelia11,870
  9. #9Evelyn10,748
  10. #10Abigail10,645
  11. #4,477Archer31

Top boys' names in 2017

  1. #1Liam18,874
  2. #2Noah18,507
  3. #3William15,046
  4. #4James14,362
  5. #5Logan14,061
  6. #6Benjamin13,858
  7. #7Mason13,602
  8. #8Elijah13,449
  9. #9Jacob13,269
  10. #10Oliver13,224
  11. #254Archer1,463
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).

Ranked beside Archer
  1. #4,384Truth32
  2. #4,384Willamina32
  3. #4,384Yajaira32
  4. #4,477Archer31
  5. #4,477Abrar31
  6. #4,477Addaline31
  7. #4,477Adler31
  8. #4,576Adaley30
  9. #4,576Afnan30
  10. #4,576Airabella30

Tied with 98 names at #4,477; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. 1,443Ensley#2,412#969
  2. 1,020Oaklynn#1,908#888
  3. 842Dream#1,667#825
  4. 749Oaklyn#1,425#676
  5. 717Melania#1,649#932
Fallers
  1. 263Julianne#919#1,182
  2. 243Milania#947#1,190
  3. 240Wendy#858#1,098
  4. 238Montserrat#808#1,046
  5. 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).

Ranked beside Archer
  1. #251Sean1,481
  2. #252Riley1,471
  3. #253Adriel1,469
  4. #254Archer1,463
  5. #255Legend1,461
  6. #256Erick1,433
  7. #257Enzo1,429
Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. 497Wells#1,413#916
  2. 419Kairo#1,221#802
  3. 339Caspian#1,199#860
  4. 313Colson#1,049#736
  5. 311Kace#1,183#872
Fallers
  1. 415Riaan#861#1,276
  2. 292Chevy#980#1,272
  3. 245Kylo#904#1,149
  4. 226Braeden#993#1,219
  5. 194Kamdyn#809#1,003

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

See the top 100 for 2017