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

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Peak · boys
#79
1890 · 221 births
Debut · boys
1880
183 births
In top 100 · boys
21 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
56,244
since 1880

Archie over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #79, 1890boys
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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
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#14,9425#3011,129
2024—#3321,040
2023—#347946
2022#13,5926#375864
2021#11,1468#400784
2020#11,0908#468635
2019#15,5395#674384
2018—#984210
2017—#1,164161
2016—#1,339133
2015—#1,245146
2014—#1,473110
2013—#1,75483
2012—#1,65793
2011—#1,90573
2010—#1,83479
2009—#1,75587
2008—#1,91675
2007—#2,47351
2006—#1,94369
2005—#1,96764
2004—#1,80469
2003—#1,88562
2002—#1,99855
2001—#1,98254
2000—#2,01550
1999—#1,59368
1998—#1,95749
1997—#1,69358
1996—#1,45470
1995—#1,35975
1994—#1,20092
1993—#1,33373
1992—#1,16290
1991—#1,09599
1990—#1,013109
1989—#1,002104
1988—#890115
1987—#896109
1986—#816123
1985—#764134
1984—#730142
1983—#703148
1982—#692157
1981—#663167
1980—#651177
1979—#618191
1978—#604190
1977—#614187
1976—#571202
1975—#568202
1974#8,7755#547216
1973—#518230
1972—#482265
1971#7,3886#454320
1970—#447337
1969#5,9747#441319
1968—#434315
1967—#453275
1966#4,8668#438302
1965—#438309
1964—#402392
1963#4,01911#396410
1962—#406390
1961#6,5675#398397
1960#4,7738#375446
1959#4,03110#355483
1958—#353467
1957#4,5368#329551
1956#3,32113#319546
1955#3,22513#301579
1954#4,2788#309541
1953#3,68710#288593
1952#4,1238#289589
1951#2,18221#281588
1950#2,43617#286553
1949#2,34018#258630
1948#2,25519#251660
1947#2,53016#253676
1946#2,59714#250622
1945#2,06017#245544
1944#2,09617#220621
1943#1,99419#234614
1942#1,41333#216678
1941#1,81020#207657
1940#1,44228#213602
1939#1,73120#202621
1938#1,54724#214577
1937#1,25533#196648
1936#1,41327#191648
1935#1,77919#189680
1934#1,83418#192658
1933#1,90617#186660
1932#1,29332#186714
1931#1,31431#177758
1930#1,56925#179768
1929#1,48727#187732
1928#1,31034#169860
1927#1,17243#175849
1926#1,41432#162920
1925#1,44332#163917
1924#1,35436#1541,037
1923#1,35034#162939
1922#1,73024#1501,023
1921#1,62527#155979
1920#1,40732#1451,037
1919#1,44529#1421,020
1918#1,53727#1381,110
1917#1,40228#142939
1916#1,63022#152806
1915#1,36727#151794
1914#1,66516#145648
1913#1,35818#134583
1912#1,9819#130496
1911#2,1916#127272
1910#1,20714#119265
1909#1,6078#118235
1908#1,35710#115223
1907#1,28910#98250
1906#1,9515#99216
1905#1,5387#116184
1904#1,6596#113185
1903#1,4407#102192
1902#1,02412#103186
1901#1,4666#105161
1900#1,5617#109216
1899#1,3946#99177
1898—#92222
1897#1,3856#95190
1896—#88230
1895—#89212
1894#1,3536#92207
1893#1,0918#93194
1892#1,2786#91214
1891#1,0068#79201
1890#1,0068#79221
1889—#90195
1888#1,1366#96191
1887#1,1475#85184
1886—#92175
1885—#85196
1884—#82206
1883—#84166
1882—#82195
1881—#101125
1880—#83183
First appearance
1880

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.

Where Archie is popular in 1930

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Archie, so not publishedAKMaine: #111 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 570 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Archie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Archie, so not publishedNHWashington: #143 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 870 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Archie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Archie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #148 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 873 boysNDMinnesota: #184 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,550 boysMNIllinois: #317 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 4,824 boysILWisconsin: #175 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,533 boysWIMichigan: #218 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 2,120 boysMINew York: #248 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 3,411 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Archie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Archie, so not publishedRIOregon: #155 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 921 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Archie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Archie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #180 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,148 boysSDIowa: #205 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,766 boysIAIndiana: #188 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,825 boysINOhio: #308 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 5,185 boysOHPennsylvania: #206 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 2,620 boysPANew Jersey: #211 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,910 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Archie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #285 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,718 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Archie, so not publishedUTColorado: #214 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,406 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Archie, so not publishedNEMissouri: #212 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,761 boysMOKentucky: #143 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 855 boysKYWest Virginia: #170 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,143 boysWVVirginia: #126 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 716 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Archie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Archie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Archie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Archie, so not publishedNMKansas: #239 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,134 boysKSArkansas: #114 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 581 boysARTennessee: #176 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,256 boysTNNorth Carolina: #91 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 476 boysNCSouth Carolina: #110 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 610 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Archie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #117 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 612 boysOKLouisiana: #117 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 575 boysLAMississippi: #87 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 442 boysMSAlabama: #139 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 837 boysALGeorgia: #164 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 1,125 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Archie, so not publishedHITexas: #176 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 936 boysTXFlorida: #123 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 623 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#87 · 1 in 442
  2. North Carolina#91 · 1 in 476
  3. South Carolina#110 · 1 in 610
  4. Maine#111 · 1 in 570
  5. Arkansas#114 · 1 in 581

Best ever in a state: #45 in Idaho, 1912.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#87461 in 442
North Carolina#91701 in 476
South Carolina#110291 in 610
Maine#111111 in 570
Arkansas#114301 in 581
Louisiana#117331 in 575
Oklahoma#117381 in 612
Florida#123191 in 623
Virginia#126311 in 716
Alabama#139321 in 837
Kentucky#143301 in 855
Washington#143111 in 870
North Dakota#14871 in 873
Oregon#15561 in 921
Georgia#164251 in 1,125
West Virginia#170151 in 1,143
Wisconsin#175161 in 1,533
Tennessee#176201 in 1,256
Texas#176631 in 936
South Dakota#18051 in 1,148
Minnesota#184131 in 1,550
Indiana#188141 in 1,825
Iowa#205111 in 1,766
Pennsylvania#206311 in 2,620
New Jersey#211101 in 2,910
Missouri#212161 in 1,761
Colorado#21461 in 1,406
Michigan#218201 in 2,120
Kansas#23971 in 2,134
New York#248281 in 3,411
California#285141 in 2,718
Ohio#308101 in 5,185
Illinois#317121 in 4,824
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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 Archie
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1890 at #79 (221 births)
  • Births halved by 1987, 97 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 21 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 21 yrs · run 1882–1899
  • Top 1,000: 117 yrs · run 1880–1988
Share of babies · boys
1 in 502
  • Highest: 1 in 502 boys born in 1890 were named Archie (0.20%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,513 boys born in 2025 (0.07%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 16.5% of all boys named Archie (9,293) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,816#82 (1884)#88
1890s2,068#79 (1890)#90
1900s2,048#98 (1907)#108
1910s6,933#119 (1910)#138
1920s9,293#145 (1920)#162
1930s6,732#177 (1931)#191
1940s6,304#207 (1941)#235
1950s5,490#281 (1951)#311
1960s3,555#375 (1960)#418
1970s2,340#447 (1970)#542
1980s1,376#651 (1980)#781
1990s783#1,013 (1990)#1,386
2000s636#1,755 (2009)#1,974
2010s1,472#674 (2019)#1,403
2020s5,398#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 1930

girls
#1,569
25 births · 1 in 45,037 girls
boys
#179
768 births · 1 in 1,429 boys

Top girls' names in 1930

  1. #1Mary64,153
  2. #2Betty38,240
  3. #3Dorothy30,411
  4. #4Helen19,913
  5. #5Margaret18,350
  6. #6Barbara18,279
  7. #7Patricia15,751
  8. #8Joan15,478
  9. #9Doris15,464
  10. #10Ruth14,942
  11. #1,569Archie25

Top boys' names in 1930

  1. #1Robert62,153
  2. #2James53,957
  3. #3John52,447
  4. #4William47,271
  5. #5Richard32,187
  6. #6Charles31,867
  7. #7Donald29,052
  8. #8George22,788
  9. #9Joseph20,981
  10. #10Edward17,352
  11. #179Archie768
More about 1930

girls

1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 45,037 of them was named Archie, which outranked 70.1% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Archie
  1. #1,535Tiny26
  2. #1,535Verline26
  3. #1,535Wilhelmena26
  4. #1,569Archie25
  5. #1,569Abigail25
  6. #1,569Agustina25
  7. #1,569Amaryllis25
  8. #1,607Akiko24
  9. #1,607Aldine24
  10. #1,607Alison24

Tied with 37 names at #1,569; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. ↑ 701Claudette#1,642 → #941
  2. ↑ 583Ardeth#1,212 → #629
  3. ↑ 445Julianne#1,339 → #894
  4. ↑ 376Sonja#1,223 → #847
  5. ↑ 374Armida#1,174 → #800
Fallers
  1. ↓ 348Ingrid#941 → #1,289
  2. ↓ 315Coralie#895 → #1,210
  3. ↓ 229Elenor#981 → #1,210
  4. ↓ 229Mammie#981 → #1,210
  5. ↓ 226Sibyl#902 → #1,128

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

boys

1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 1,429 of them was named Archie, which outranked 96.1% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Archie
  1. #176Julius812
  2. #177Edmund808
  3. #178Clayton802
  4. #179Archie768
  5. #180Alex760
  6. #181Carroll757
  7. #181Ramon757
Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,094Derl#3,959 → #865
  2. ↑ 420Clive#1,378 → #958
  3. ↑ 380Farris#1,272 → #892
  4. ↑ 368Earlie#1,296 → #928
  5. ↑ 357Winton#1,272 → #915
Fallers
  1. ↓ 486Americo#729 → #1,215
  2. ↓ 433Enrico#995 → #1,428
  3. ↓ 371Eliseo#844 → #1,215
  4. ↓ 312Meyer#878 → #1,190
  5. ↓ 304Hilbert#869 → #1,173

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

See the top 100 for 1930 →