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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915boysat 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
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1902—#1,1375
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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.

Where Archer is popular in 1915

No state had 5 or more boys named Archer in 1915, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

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 1915

boys
#1,342
25 births · 1 in 33,943 boys

Top boys' names in 1915

  1. #1John47,576
  2. #2William38,563
  3. #3James33,773
  4. #4Robert28,737
  5. #5Joseph23,051
  6. #6George22,307
  7. #7Charles21,960
  8. #8Edward15,889
  9. #9Frank15,006
  10. #10Thomas11,490
  11. #1,342Archer25
More about 1915

boys

848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 33,943 of them was named Archer, which outranked 69.4% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Archer
  1. #1,306Thompson26
  2. #1,306Wash26
  3. #1,306Zeb26
  4. #1,342Archer25
  5. #1,342Adolphe25
  6. #1,342Berton25
  7. #1,342Bronislaus25
  8. #1,372Alejandro24
  9. #1,372Alfonzo24
  10. #1,372Antoine24

Tied with 29 names at #1,342; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. ↑ 691Eston#1,687 → #996
  2. ↑ 565Estill#1,545 → #980
  3. ↑ 545Garth#1,260 → #715
  4. ↑ 474Hiroshi#1,342 → #868
  5. ↑ 439Domingo#1,101 → #662
Fallers
  1. ↓ 674Gilmore#986 → #1,660
  2. ↓ 667Barnett#933 → #1,600
  3. ↓ 526Rose#884 → #1,410
  4. ↓ 517Toivo#855 → #1,372
  5. ↓ 461Sampson#949 → #1,410

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

See the top 100 for 1915 →