Archibald
#1,145 for boys in 2025, 184 births
- Peak · boys
- 1890 · 38 births
- Debut · boys
- 27 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,985since 1880
Archibald over time
Rank among boys' names. Archibald has never cracked the top 200 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 | #1,145 | 184 |
| 2024 | #1,176 | 176 |
| 2023 | #1,288 | 149 |
| 2022 | #1,289 | 148 |
| 2021 | #1,658 | 100 |
| 2020 | #1,655 | 96 |
| 2019 | #2,042 | 71 |
| 2018 | #2,046 | 70 |
| 2017 | #2,566 | 49 |
| 2016 | #2,477 | 51 |
| 2015 | #2,486 | 50 |
| 2014 | #2,622 | 46 |
| 2013 | #3,964 | 25 |
| 2012 | #3,231 | 34 |
| 2011 | #5,945 | 14 |
| 2010 | #4,241 | 23 |
| 2009 | #5,800 | 15 |
| 2008 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #7,096 | 10 |
| 2004 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,187 | 11 |
| 1995 | #5,928 | 9 |
| 1994 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #4,476 | 12 |
| 1990 | #4,407 | 12 |
| 1989 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #3,482 | 12 |
| 1981 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | #2,965 | 15 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #3,428 | 10 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1972 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #2,549 | 12 |
| 1968 | #2,311 | 13 |
| 1967 | #2,030 | 15 |
| 1966 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #2,178 | 14 |
| 1964 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #2,539 | 11 |
| 1962 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | #2,871 | 9 |
| 1959 | #1,974 | 17 |
| 1958 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1956 | #1,608 | 24 |
| 1955 | #2,435 | 11 |
| 1954 | #1,826 | 18 |
| 1953 | #1,455 | 27 |
| 1952 | #1,517 | 25 |
| 1951 | #1,838 | 17 |
| 1950 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1949 | #1,754 | 18 |
| 1948 | #2,115 | 13 |
| 1947 | #1,646 | 21 |
| 1946 | #1,759 | 17 |
| 1945 | #1,494 | 20 |
| 1944 | #2,080 | 12 |
| 1943 | #1,308 | 28 |
| 1942 | #1,730 | 17 |
| 1941 | #1,300 | 26 |
| 1940 | #1,397 | 23 |
| 1939 | #2,050 | 12 |
| 1938 | #2,084 | 12 |
| 1937 | #1,528 | 20 |
| 1936 | #1,540 | 19 |
| 1935 | #1,422 | 23 |
| 1934 | #1,498 | 21 |
| 1933 | #1,540 | 20 |
| 1932 | #1,324 | 27 |
| 1931 | #1,253 | 30 |
| 1930 | #1,259 | 32 |
| 1929 | #1,055 | 42 |
| 1928 | #1,111 | 40 |
| 1927 | #1,080 | 43 |
| 1926 | #1,144 | 39 |
| 1925 | #835 | 63 |
| 1924 | #886 | 61 |
| 1923 | #815 | 68 |
| 1922 | #905 | 59 |
| 1921 | #981 | 51 |
| 1920 | #887 | 60 |
| 1919 | #777 | 69 |
| 1918 | #894 | 55 |
| 1917 | #713 | 73 |
| 1916 | #790 | 61 |
| 1915 | #804 | 57 |
| 1914 | #758 | 48 |
| 1913 | #745 | 39 |
| 1912 | #556 | 52 |
| 1911 | #856 | 15 |
| 1910 | #729 | 17 |
| 1909 | #893 | 11 |
| 1908 | #585 | 19 |
| 1907 | #634 | 16 |
| 1906 | #590 | 16 |
| 1905 | #615 | 15 |
| 1904 | #566 | 16 |
| 1903 | #411 | 23 |
| 1902 | #507 | 18 |
| 1901 | #506 | 15 |
| 1900 | #680 | 14 |
| 1899 | #424 | 19 |
| 1898 | #435 | 21 |
| 1897 | #495 | 16 |
| 1896 | #500 | 17 |
| 1895 | #368 | 26 |
| 1894 | #367 | 25 |
| 1893 | #401 | 20 |
| 1892 | #303 | 37 |
| 1891 | #397 | 19 |
| 1890 | #279 | 38 |
| 1889 | #369 | 23 |
| 1888 | #398 | 22 |
| 1887 | #377 | 19 |
| 1886 | #311 | 30 |
| 1885 | #344 | 25 |
| 1884 | #325 | 29 |
| 1883 | #309 | 28 |
| 1882 | #313 | 30 |
| 1881 | #313 | 27 |
| 1880 | #325 | 27 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Archibald was already there! It came in at #325, and was given to 27 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1997, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Archibald
- 31 spots since 2024 (#1,176 → #1,145)
- 510 spots since 2020 (#1,655 → #1,145)
- 1,341 spots since 2015 (#2,486 → #1,145)
- Biggest jump: 300 spots in 1912 (#856 → #556)
- Biggest drop: 309 spots in 1926 (#835 → #1,144)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1890 at #279 (38 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 46 yrs · run 1880–1925
- Highest: 1 in 2,922 boys born in 1890 were named Archibald (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,283 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 21.4% of all boys named Archibald (853) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 260 | #309 (1883) | #338 |
| 1890s | 238 | #279 (1890) | #397 |
| 1900s | 163 | #411 (1903) | #599 |
| 1910s | 486 | #556 (1912) | #762 |
| 1920s | 526 | #815 (1923) | #970 |
| 1930s | 216 | #1,253 (1931) | #1,550 |
| 1940s | 195 | #1,300 (1941) | #1,658 |
| 1950s | 180 | #1,455 (1953) | #1,938 |
| 1960s | 107 | #2,030 (1967) | #2,664 |
| 1970s | 81 | #3,146 (1971) | #4,010 |
| 1980s | 84 | #2,965 (1980) | #4,996 |
| 1990s | 85 | #4,407 (1990) | #5,885 |
| 2000s | 78 | #5,800 (2009) | #8,270 |
| 2010s | 433 | #2,042 (2019) | #3,162 |
| 2020s | 853 | #1,145 (2025) | #1,369 |
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.
Archibald in 1897
Top boys' names in 1897
More about 1897
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112,757 boys got a published name in 1897; 1 in 7,047 of them was named Archibald, which outranked 59.7% of the 1,229 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #473Steven17
- #473Tillman17
- #473Urban17
- #495Archibald16
- #495Alford16
- #495Bernice16
- #495Billie16
- #515Adolphus15
- #515Angus15
- #515Booker15
Tied with 19 names at #495; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.