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 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 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 2010
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Alaska#206 · 1 in 690
- Oregon#261 · 1 in 1,077
- Iowa#266 · 1 in 1,176
- Minnesota#278 · 1 in 1,385
- Idaho#298 · 1 in 1,200
Best ever in a state: #23 in South Dakota, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | #206 | 5 | 1 in 690 |
| Oregon | #261 | 17 | 1 in 1,077 |
| Iowa | #266 | 13 | 1 in 1,176 |
| Minnesota | #278 | 20 | 1 in 1,385 |
| Idaho | #298 | 7 | 1 in 1,200 |
| Utah | #300 | 17 | 1 in 1,298 |
| Wisconsin | #304 | 17 | 1 in 1,633 |
| Missouri | #359 | 16 | 1 in 2,042 |
| Arkansas | #370 | 8 | 1 in 1,804 |
| Washington | #396 | 16 | 1 in 2,224 |
| Nebraska | #398 | 5 | 1 in 1,970 |
| Kansas | #402 | 8 | 1 in 2,045 |
| Virginia | #457 | 14 | 1 in 2,968 |
| Pennsylvania | #464 | 18 | 1 in 3,389 |
| Tennessee | #502 | 11 | 1 in 3,196 |
| Illinois | #507 | 21 | 1 in 3,325 |
| Kentucky | #518 | 6 | 1 in 3,747 |
| Maryland | #537 | 8 | 1 in 3,525 |
| Indiana | #548 | 10 | 1 in 3,615 |
| North Carolina | #553 | 13 | 1 in 3,966 |
| Colorado | #607 | 7 | 1 in 3,929 |
| California | #614 | 45 | 1 in 5,195 |
| Ohio | #617 | 13 | 1 in 4,656 |
| Michigan | #621 | 11 | 1 in 4,381 |
| Louisiana | #684 | 6 | 1 in 3,971 |
| Arizona | #706 | 7 | 1 in 5,326 |
| New Jersey | #777 | 7 | 1 in 6,115 |
| Texas | #777 | 27 | 1 in 6,615 |
| New York | #843 | 15 | 1 in 7,082 |
| Florida | #935 | 12 | 1 in 7,720 |
| Georgia | #976 | 7 | 1 in 7,984 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 2010
Top girls' names in 2010
Top boys' names in 2010
More about 2010
girls
1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 296,266 of them was named Archer, which outranked 24.6% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #13,448Zykiria7
- #13,448Zynah7
- #13,448Zyniyah7
- #14,959Archer6
- #14,959Aaishah6
- #14,959Aamirah6
- #14,959Aamori6
- #16,992Aaditri5
- #16,992Aalaya5
- #16,992Aaliayah5
Tied with 2,032 names at #14,959; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 4,189 of them was named Archer, which outranked 96.1% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).