Archibald

#1,145 for boys in 2025, 184 births

Peak · boys
#279
1890 · 38 births
Debut · boys
1880
27 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,985
since 1880

Archibald over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Archibald has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201928peak #279, 1890boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#1,145184
2024#1,176176
2023#1,288149
2022#1,289148
2021#1,658100
2020#1,65596
2019#2,04271
2018#2,04670
2017#2,56649
2016#2,47751
2015#2,48650
2014#2,62246
2013#3,96425
2012#3,23134
2011#5,94514
2010#4,24123
2009#5,80015
2008#7,69810
2007#9,7887
2006#8,7328
2005#7,09610
2004#7,5369
2003#9,5816
2002#7,6438
2001#10,5565
2000—
1999#7,8747
1998#6,3149
1997—
1996#5,18711
1995#5,9289
1994#7,7706
1993#5,7719
1992#5,23610
1991#4,47612
1990#4,40712
1989#5,6158
1988#7,2705
1987#6,0896
1986#4,13010
1985#5,7856
1984#5,5616
1983#4,9077
1982#3,48212
1981#4,1539
1980#2,96515
1979#4,8427
1978#4,5547
1977#5,8455
1976#4,4187
1975#3,42810
1974#3,5589
1973#3,4459
1972#3,3449
1971#3,14610
1970#3,5218
1969#2,54912
1968#2,31113
1967#2,03015
1966#2,9868
1965#2,17814
1964#3,6016
1963#2,53911
1962#3,0418
1961#2,53811
1960#2,8719
1959#1,97417
1958#2,8189
1957#2,09315
1956#1,60824
1955#2,43511
1954#1,82618
1953#1,45527
1952#1,51725
1951#1,83817
1950#1,81517
1949#1,75418
1948#2,11513
1947#1,64621
1946#1,75917
1945#1,49420
1944#2,08012
1943#1,30828
1942#1,73017
1941#1,30026
1940#1,39723
1939#2,05012
1938#2,08412
1937#1,52820
1936#1,54019
1935#1,42223
1934#1,49821
1933#1,54020
1932#1,32427
1931#1,25330
1930#1,25932
1929#1,05542
1928#1,11140
1927#1,08043
1926#1,14439
1925#83563
1924#88661
1923#81568
1922#90559
1921#98151
1920#88760
1919#77769
1918#89455
1917#71373
1916#79061
1915#80457
1914#75848
1913#74539
1912#55652
1911#85615
1910#72917
1909#89311
1908#58519
1907#63416
1906#59016
1905#61515
1904#56616
1903#41123
1902#50718
1901#50615
1900#68014
1899#42419
1898#43521
1897#49516
1896#50017
1895#36826
1894#36725
1893#40120
1892#30337
1891#39719
1890#27938
1889#36923
1888#39822
1887#37719
1886#31130
1885#34425
1884#32529
1883#30928
1882#31330
1881#31327
1880#32527
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1890 at #279 (38 births)
  • Births halved by 1891, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 46 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 46 yrs · run 1880–1925
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,922
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 21.4% of all boys named Archibald (853) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s260#309 (1883)#338
1890s238#279 (1890)#397
1900s163#411 (1903)#599
1910s486#556 (1912)#762
1920s526#815 (1923)#970
1930s216#1,253 (1931)#1,550
1940s195#1,300 (1941)#1,658
1950s180#1,455 (1953)#1,938
1960s107#2,030 (1967)#2,664
1970s81#3,146 (1971)#4,010
1980s84#2,965 (1980)#4,996
1990s85#4,407 (1990)#5,885
2000s78#5,800 (2009)#8,270
2010s433#2,042 (2019)#3,162
2020s853#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 1928

boys
#1,111
40 births · 1 in 27,690 boys

Top boys' names in 1928

  1. #1Robert60,701
  2. #2John53,760
  3. #3James52,752
  4. #4William49,118
  5. #5Charles31,243
  6. #6Richard28,793
  7. #7Donald25,704
  8. #8George24,391
  9. #9Joseph22,322
  10. #10Edward18,492
  11. #1,111Archibald40
More about 1928

boys

1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 27,690 of them was named Archibald, which outranked 76.5% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Archibald
  1. #1,095Ludwig41
  2. #1,095Marshal41
  3. #1,095Vernard41
  4. #1,111Archibald40
  5. #1,111Alvaro40
  6. #1,111Duke40
  7. #1,111Ian40
  8. #1,125Alonza39
  9. #1,125Armin39
  10. #1,125Buel39

Tied with 13 names at #1,111; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,009Fidencio#1,959 → #950
  2. ↑ 766Hoover#1,128 → #362
  3. ↑ 700Reyes#1,692 → #992
  4. ↑ 441Arlen#1,227 → #786
  5. ↑ 392Arland#1,372 → #980
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,975Shoji#722 → #3,697
  2. ↓ 529Alvan#951 → #1,480
  3. ↓ 418Watson#964 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 412Judge#911 → #1,323
  5. ↓ 363Donato#990 → #1,353

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

See the top 100 for 1928 →