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
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 3,627 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 1 yrof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 31,391since 1880
Archer 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 | #4,878 | 27 | #98 | 3,627 |
| 2024 | #5,148 | 25 | #115 | 3,102 |
| 2023 | #4,655 | 29 | #129 | 2,834 |
| 2022 | #4,472 | 31 | #126 | 2,922 |
| 2021 | #4,090 | 35 | #139 | 2,732 |
| 2020 | #4,078 | 34 | #160 | 2,349 |
| 2019 | #4,437 | 31 | #206 | 1,884 |
| 2018 | #5,152 | 25 | #240 | 1,594 |
| 2017 | #4,477 | 31 | #254 | 1,463 |
| 2016 | #4,345 | 33 | #263 | 1,385 |
| 2015 | #6,036 | 21 | #289 | 1,275 |
| 2014 | #6,713 | 18 | #301 | 1,183 |
| 2013 | #5,834 | 22 | #353 | 899 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 | #406 | 721 |
| 2011 | #8,196 | 14 | #446 | 607 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | #551 | 458 |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 | #683 | 355 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | #1,037 | 183 |
| 2007 | — | #1,129 | 159 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,467 | 104 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,411 | 104 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,446 | 96 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,885 | 62 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,832 | 62 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,386 | 41 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,993 | 29 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,347 | 38 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,197 | 16 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,668 | 13 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,396 | 14 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,124 | 11 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,372 | 8 | |
| 1993 | — | #6,228 | 8 | |
| 1992 | — | #7,422 | 6 | |
| 1991 | — | #6,519 | 7 | |
| 1990 | — | #7,178 | 6 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
| 1988 | — | #6,426 | 6 | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | #6,385 | 5 | |
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,622 | 8 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,146 | 10 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,891 | 11 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,314 | 8 | |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | #2,470 | 11 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,986 | 8 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,930 | 5 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,546 | 11 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,539 | 11 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,364 | 12 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,706 | 10 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,337 | 7 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,414 | 12 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,818 | 9 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,631 | 10 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,628 | 10 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,139 | 14 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,207 | 13 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,391 | 11 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,376 | 11 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,904 | 16 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,941 | 15 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,453 | 10 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,443 | 10 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,786 | 18 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,143 | 12 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,581 | 18 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,988 | 13 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,910 | 15 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,042 | 13 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,821 | 15 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,322 | 10 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,288 | 10 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,646 | 8 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,627 | 18 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,964 | 13 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,127 | 12 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,860 | 15 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,542 | 9 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,995 | 14 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,864 | 8 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,079 | 14 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,096 | 14 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,960 | 16 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,034 | 16 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,466 | 25 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,870 | 18 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,532 | 25 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,502 | 25 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,883 | 18 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,159 | 38 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,457 | 26 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,122 | 38 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,172 | 35 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,437 | 24 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,415 | 24 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,342 | 25 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,772 | 13 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,945 | 9 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,353 | 13 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,421 | 6 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,155 | 7 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #1,094 | 7 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,111 | 6 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
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| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | #1,035 | 5 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | #648 | 10 | |
| 1887 | — | #631 | 9 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
| 1884 | — | #764 | 7 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #691 | 8 | |
| 1881 | — | #653 | 8 | |
| 1880 | — | #640 | 9 | |
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 1921
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Virginia#231 · 1 in 2,051
- New York#601 · 1 in 18,504
Best ever in a state: #23 in South Dakota, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | #231 | 12 | 1 in 2,051 |
| New York | #601 | 5 | 1 in 18,504 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Archer
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2025 at #98 (3,627 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 1 yr · 2025
- Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 2009–2025
- Highest: 1 in 471 boys born in 2025 were named Archer (0.21%)
- 56.0% of all boys named Archer (17,566) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 61 | #631 (1887) | #742 |
| 1890s | 10 | #1,035 (1893) | #1,055 |
| 1900s | 25 | #1,094 (1907) | #1,124 |
| 1910s | 192 | #1,122 (1919) | #1,472 |
| 1920s | 221 | #1,159 (1921) | #1,696 |
| 1930s | 121 | #1,627 (1937) | #2,199 |
| 1940s | 134 | #1,581 (1945) | #2,049 |
| 1950s | 121 | #1,904 (1951) | #2,345 |
| 1960s | 83 | #2,364 (1962) | #2,910 |
| 1970s | 49 | #2,891 (1970) | #4,501 |
| 1980s | 17 | #6,385 (1982) | #6,584 |
| 1990s | 127 | #2,347 (1999) | #5,445 |
| 2000s | 1,195 | #683 (2009) | #1,627 |
| 2010s | 11,469 | #206 (2019) | #331 |
| 2020s | 17,566 | #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 1921
Top boys' names in 1921
More about 1921
boys
1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 28,986 of them was named Archer, which outranked 76.8% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,140Sampson39
- #1,140Talmage39
- #1,140Toivo39
- #1,159Archer38
- #1,159Aubry38
- #1,159Barry38
- #1,159Burnett38
- #1,178Alfonzo37
- #1,178Ballard37
- #1,178Betty37
Tied with 18 names at #1,159; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.