Archie
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #301 for boys in 2025, 1,129 births
Given to boys 97.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1890 · 221 births
- Debut · boys
- 183 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 21 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 56,244since 1880
Archie 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 | #14,942 | 5 | #301 | 1,129 |
| 2024 | — | #332 | 1,040 | |
| 2023 | — | #347 | 946 | |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | #375 | 864 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | #400 | 784 |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | #468 | 635 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #674 | 384 |
| 2018 | — | #984 | 210 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,164 | 161 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,339 | 133 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,245 | 146 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,473 | 110 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,754 | 83 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,657 | 93 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,905 | 73 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,834 | 79 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,755 | 87 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,916 | 75 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,473 | 51 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,943 | 69 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,967 | 64 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,804 | 69 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,885 | 62 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,998 | 55 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,982 | 54 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,015 | 50 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,593 | 68 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,957 | 49 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,693 | 58 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,454 | 70 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,359 | 75 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,200 | 92 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,333 | 73 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,162 | 90 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,095 | 99 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,013 | 109 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,002 | 104 | |
| 1988 | — | #890 | 115 | |
| 1987 | — | #896 | 109 | |
| 1986 | — | #816 | 123 | |
| 1985 | — | #764 | 134 | |
| 1984 | — | #730 | 142 | |
| 1983 | — | #703 | 148 | |
| 1982 | — | #692 | 157 | |
| 1981 | — | #663 | 167 | |
| 1980 | — | #651 | 177 | |
| 1979 | — | #618 | 191 | |
| 1978 | — | #604 | 190 | |
| 1977 | — | #614 | 187 | |
| 1976 | — | #571 | 202 | |
| 1975 | — | #568 | 202 | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #547 | 216 |
| 1973 | — | #518 | 230 | |
| 1972 | — | #482 | 265 | |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #454 | 320 |
| 1970 | — | #447 | 337 | |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | #441 | 319 |
| 1968 | — | #434 | 315 | |
| 1967 | — | #453 | 275 | |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | #438 | 302 |
| 1965 | — | #438 | 309 | |
| 1964 | — | #402 | 392 | |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 | #396 | 410 |
| 1962 | — | #406 | 390 | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #398 | 397 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 | #375 | 446 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 | #355 | 483 |
| 1958 | — | #353 | 467 | |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | #329 | 551 |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 | #319 | 546 |
| 1955 | #3,225 | 13 | #301 | 579 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | #309 | 541 |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 | #288 | 593 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | #289 | 589 |
| 1951 | #2,182 | 21 | #281 | 588 |
| 1950 | #2,436 | 17 | #286 | 553 |
| 1949 | #2,340 | 18 | #258 | 630 |
| 1948 | #2,255 | 19 | #251 | 660 |
| 1947 | #2,530 | 16 | #253 | 676 |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 | #250 | 622 |
| 1945 | #2,060 | 17 | #245 | 544 |
| 1944 | #2,096 | 17 | #220 | 621 |
| 1943 | #1,994 | 19 | #234 | 614 |
| 1942 | #1,413 | 33 | #216 | 678 |
| 1941 | #1,810 | 20 | #207 | 657 |
| 1940 | #1,442 | 28 | #213 | 602 |
| 1939 | #1,731 | 20 | #202 | 621 |
| 1938 | #1,547 | 24 | #214 | 577 |
| 1937 | #1,255 | 33 | #196 | 648 |
| 1936 | #1,413 | 27 | #191 | 648 |
| 1935 | #1,779 | 19 | #189 | 680 |
| 1934 | #1,834 | 18 | #192 | 658 |
| 1933 | #1,906 | 17 | #186 | 660 |
| 1932 | #1,293 | 32 | #186 | 714 |
| 1931 | #1,314 | 31 | #177 | 758 |
| 1930 | #1,569 | 25 | #179 | 768 |
| 1929 | #1,487 | 27 | #187 | 732 |
| 1928 | #1,310 | 34 | #169 | 860 |
| 1927 | #1,172 | 43 | #175 | 849 |
| 1926 | #1,414 | 32 | #162 | 920 |
| 1925 | #1,443 | 32 | #163 | 917 |
| 1924 | #1,354 | 36 | #154 | 1,037 |
| 1923 | #1,350 | 34 | #162 | 939 |
| 1922 | #1,730 | 24 | #150 | 1,023 |
| 1921 | #1,625 | 27 | #155 | 979 |
| 1920 | #1,407 | 32 | #145 | 1,037 |
| 1919 | #1,445 | 29 | #142 | 1,020 |
| 1918 | #1,537 | 27 | #138 | 1,110 |
| 1917 | #1,402 | 28 | #142 | 939 |
| 1916 | #1,630 | 22 | #152 | 806 |
| 1915 | #1,367 | 27 | #151 | 794 |
| 1914 | #1,665 | 16 | #145 | 648 |
| 1913 | #1,358 | 18 | #134 | 583 |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 | #130 | 496 |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 | #127 | 272 |
| 1910 | #1,207 | 14 | #119 | 265 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | #118 | 235 |
| 1908 | #1,357 | 10 | #115 | 223 |
| 1907 | #1,289 | 10 | #98 | 250 |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | #99 | 216 |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 | #116 | 184 |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | #113 | 185 |
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 | #102 | 192 |
| 1902 | #1,024 | 12 | #103 | 186 |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | #105 | 161 |
| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 | #109 | 216 |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 | #99 | 177 |
| 1898 | — | #92 | 222 | |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 | #95 | 190 |
| 1896 | — | #88 | 230 | |
| 1895 | — | #89 | 212 | |
| 1894 | #1,353 | 6 | #92 | 207 |
| 1893 | #1,091 | 8 | #93 | 194 |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | #91 | 214 |
| 1891 | #1,006 | 8 | #79 | 201 |
| 1890 | #1,006 | 8 | #79 | 221 |
| 1889 | — | #90 | 195 | |
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 | #96 | 191 |
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 | #85 | 184 |
| 1886 | — | #92 | 175 | |
| 1885 | — | #85 | 196 | |
| 1884 | — | #82 | 206 | |
| 1883 | — | #84 | 166 | |
| 1882 | — | #82 | 195 | |
| 1881 | — | #101 | 125 | |
| 1880 | — | #83 | 183 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Archie was already there! It came in at #83, and was given to 183 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1996–2007, when fewer than 71 boys a year got the name.
See more about Archie
- 31 spots since 2024 (#332 → #301)
- 167 spots since 2020 (#468 → #301)
- 944 spots since 2015 (#1,245 → #301)
- Biggest jump: 310 spots in 2019 (#984 → #674)
- Biggest drop: 112 spots in 1989 (#890 → #1,002)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1890 at #79 (221 births)
- Births halved by 1987, 97 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 21 yrs · run 1882–1899
- Top 1,000: 117 yrs · run 1880–1988
- Highest: 1 in 502 boys born in 1890 were named Archie (0.20%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,513 boys born in 2025 (0.07%)
- 16.5% of all boys named Archie (9,293) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,816 | #82 (1884) | #88 |
| 1890s | 2,068 | #79 (1890) | #90 |
| 1900s | 2,048 | #98 (1907) | #108 |
| 1910s | 6,933 | #119 (1910) | #138 |
| 1920s | 9,293 | #145 (1920) | #162 |
| 1930s | 6,732 | #177 (1931) | #191 |
| 1940s | 6,304 | #207 (1941) | #235 |
| 1950s | 5,490 | #281 (1951) | #311 |
| 1960s | 3,555 | #375 (1960) | #418 |
| 1970s | 2,340 | #447 (1970) | #542 |
| 1980s | 1,376 | #651 (1980) | #781 |
| 1990s | 783 | #1,013 (1990) | #1,386 |
| 2000s | 636 | #1,755 (2009) | #1,974 |
| 2010s | 1,472 | #674 (2019) | #1,403 |
| 2020s | 5,398 | #301 (2025) | #371 |
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.
Archie in 1892
Top girls' names in 1892
Top boys' names in 1892
More about 1892
girls
212,339 girls got a published name in 1892; 1 in 35,390 of them was named Archie, which outranked 23.1% of the 1,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,171Will7
- #1,171Zela7
- #1,171Zelia7
- #1,278Archie6
- #1,278Abby6
- #1,278Achsah6
- #1,278Ader6
- #1,450Adelaida5
- #1,450Adrienne5
- #1,450Albena5
Tied with 171 names at #1,278; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
122,035 boys got a published name in 1892; 1 in 570 of them was named Archie, which outranked 92.8% of the 1,260 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 37.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- ↓ 542Maude#524 → #1,066
- ↓ 502Bernice#564 → #1,066
- ↓ 502Wilton#564 → #1,066
- ↓ 480Wellington#476 → #956
- ↓ 469Jule#597 → #1,066
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.