Arch

#2,765 for boys in 2025, 46 births

Peak · boys
#199
1880 · 61 births
Debut · boys
1880
61 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,572
since 1880

Arch over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Arch has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201892peak #199, 1880boys
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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#2,76546
2024#3,21637
2023#4,61022
2022#4,44223
2021#8,8258
2020#8,7398
2019—
2018#9,6707
2017—
2016—
2015—
2014#10,7176
2013#12,1365
2012—
2011—
2010—
2009—
2008#12,5535
2007—
2006—
2005#11,4725
2004—
2003—
2002—
2001—
2000—
1999—
1998—
1997—
1996—
1995—
1994—
1993—
1992—
1991—
1990#6,4157
1989—
1988—
1987—
1986—
1985#6,5235
1984—
1983—
1982—
1981—
1980—
1979#4,8427
1978#5,7725
1977#3,8369
1976#5,5875
1975—
1974#3,5589
1973#2,71613
1972#3,15210
1971#3,3709
1970#2,89111
1969#3,5957
1968#2,31113
1967#2,9858
1966#3,5376
1965#2,27013
1964#2,11415
1963#2,67310
1962#2,36412
1961#1,87619
1960#2,04216
1959#2,29513
1958#1,95317
1957#2,27413
1956#2,16814
1955#1,53825
1954#2,59210
1953#1,50825
1952#1,70120
1951#1,77418
1950#1,61521
1949#1,43426
1948#1,55922
1947#1,55523
1946#1,27830
1945#2,00912
1944#1,68317
1943#1,48622
1942#1,49622
1941#1,82115
1940#1,68017
1939#1,63617
1938#1,43922
1937#1,44422
1936#1,38423
1935#1,53820
1934#1,24129
1933#1,49821
1932#1,35626
1931#1,25330
1930#1,19035
1929#1,23732
1928#1,00347
1927#1,14539
1926#1,12440
1925#1,10840
1924#1,10742
1923#97650
1922#1,03247
1921#1,02646
1920#98748
1919#99946
1918#91852
1917#1,00342
1916#88351
1915#1,01539
1914#98632
1913#99525
1912#85427
1911#79317
1910#85913
1909#89311
1908#1,1137
1907#55919
1906#67413
1905#74111
1904#72311
1903#61913
1902#50718
1901#46617
1900#57818
1899#61311
1898#40324
1897#36726
1896#46219
1895#52915
1894#32230
1893#31730
1892#32932
1891#33326
1890#36923
1889#31331
1888#30235
1887#23047
1886#30132
1885#30730
1884#25943
1883#26338
1882#22155
1881#23343
1880#19961
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Arch was already there! It came in at #199, and was given to 61 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1975–1976, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Arch is popular in 1892

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Arch
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 451 spots since 2024 (#3,216 → #2,765)
  • 5,974 spots since 2020 (#8,739 → #2,765)
  • Biggest jump: 220 spots in 1909 (#1,113 → #893)
  • Biggest drop: 554 spots in 1908 (#559 → #1,113)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #199 (61 births)
  • Births halved by 1885, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 39 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 39 yrs · run 1880–1907
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,811
  • Highest: 1 in 1,811 boys born in 1880 were named Arch (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 37,132 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 16.8% of all boys named Arch (431) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s415#199 (1880)#263
1890s236#317 (1893)#404
1900s138#466 (1901)#687
1910s344#793 (1911)#931
1920s431#976 (1923)#1,075
1930s245#1,190 (1930)#1,398
1940s206#1,278 (1946)#1,600
1950s176#1,508 (1953)#1,942
1960s119#1,876 (1961)#2,577
1970s78#2,716 (1973)#3,969
1980s5#6,523 (1985)#6,523
1990s7#6,415 (1990)#6,415
2000s10#11,472 (2005)#12,013
2010s18#9,670 (2018)#10,841
2020s144#2,765 (2025)#5,433

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.

Arch in 1892

boys
#329
32 births · 1 in 3,814 boys

Top boys' names in 1892

  1. #1John9,039
  2. #2William7,782
  3. #3James5,398
  4. #4George4,760
  5. #5Charles4,319
  6. #6Frank3,150
  7. #7Joseph3,064
  8. #8Robert2,710
  9. #9Harry2,460
  10. #10Henry2,452
  11. #329Arch32
More about 1892

boys

122,035 boys got a published name in 1892; 1 in 3,814 of them was named Arch, which outranked 73.9% 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).

Ranked beside Arch
  1. #320Myron33
  2. #320Olin33
  3. #320Spencer33
  4. #329Arch32
  5. #329Alton32
  6. #329Burton32
  7. #329Erwin32
  8. #335Ambrose31
  9. #335Antonio31
  10. #335Benjiman31

Tied with 5 names at #329; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1891
Risers
  1. ↑ 559Pierce#963 → #404
  2. ↑ 505Milford#963 → #458
  3. ↑ 466Rose#963 → #497
  4. ↑ 466Omar#963 → #497
  5. ↑ 396Shelby#841 → #445
Fallers
  1. ↓ 542Maude#524 → #1,066
  2. ↓ 502Bernice#564 → #1,066
  3. ↓ 502Wilton#564 → #1,066
  4. ↓ 480Wellington#476 → #956
  5. ↓ 469Jule#597 → #1,066

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

See the top 100 for 1892 →