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
1890 · 221 births
Debut · boys
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201940peak #79, 1890boys
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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#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 1940

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Archie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Archie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Archie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Archie, so not publishedNHWashington: #231 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,093 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Archie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Archie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Archie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #315 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,787 boysMNIllinois: #294 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 4,530 boysILWisconsin: #280 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,188 boysWIMichigan: #212 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 2,422 boysMINew York: #339 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 6,250 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Archie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Archie, so not publishedRIOregon: #153 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 878 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Archie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Archie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Archie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Archie, so not publishedIAIndiana: #260 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,554 boysINOhio: #252 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 3,385 boysOHPennsylvania: #343 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 6,981 boysPANew Jersey: #256 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,530 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Archie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #340 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 4,392 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Archie, so not publishedUTColorado: #233 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,964 boysCONebraska: #174 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,213 boysNEMissouri: #270 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,244 boysMOKentucky: #180 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 1,241 boysKYWest Virginia: #230 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,938 boysWVVirginia: #172 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 1,063 boysVAMaryland: #191 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,246 boysMDDelaware: 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: #218 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,850 boysKSArkansas: #124 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 642 boysARTennessee: #182 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,396 boysTNNorth Carolina: #114 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 597 boysNCSouth Carolina: #109 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 606 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Archie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #143 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 789 boysOKLouisiana: #229 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,414 boysLAMississippi: #133 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 752 boysMSAlabama: #167 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 1,108 boysALGeorgia: #162 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 1,153 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Archie, so not publishedHITexas: #209 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 1,152 boysTXFlorida: #135 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 814 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Carolina#109 · 1 in 606
  2. North Carolina#114 · 1 in 597
  3. Arkansas#124 · 1 in 642
  4. Mississippi#133 · 1 in 752
  5. Florida#135 · 1 in 814

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Carolina#109351 in 606
North Carolina#114621 in 597
Arkansas#124301 in 642
Mississippi#133291 in 752
Florida#135191 in 814
Oklahoma#143271 in 789
Oregon#15391 in 878
Georgia#162271 in 1,153
Alabama#167261 in 1,108
Virginia#172231 in 1,063
Nebraska#17481 in 1,213
Kentucky#180231 in 1,241
Tennessee#182201 in 1,396
Maryland#19161 in 2,246
Texas#209541 in 1,152
Michigan#212191 in 2,422
Kansas#21871 in 1,850
Louisiana#229161 in 1,414
West Virginia#230101 in 1,938
Washington#23161 in 2,093
Colorado#23351 in 1,964
Ohio#252161 in 3,385
New Jersey#25661 in 4,530
Indiana#26081 in 3,554
Missouri#27091 in 3,244
Wisconsin#28061 in 4,188
Illinois#294131 in 4,530
Minnesota#31551 in 4,787
New York#339151 in 6,250
California#340121 in 4,392
Pennsylvania#343111 in 6,981
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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 1940

girls
#1,442
28 births · 1 in 40,840 girls
boys
#213
602 births · 1 in 1,926 boys

Top girls' names in 1940

  1. #1Mary56,216
  2. #2Barbara36,736
  3. #3Patricia32,665
  4. #4Judith22,385
  5. #5Betty22,077
  6. #6Carol21,759
  7. #7Nancy19,737
  8. #8Linda18,370
  9. #9Shirley17,881
  10. #10Sandra16,153
  11. #1,442Archie28

Top boys' names in 1940

  1. #1James62,481
  2. #2Robert61,198
  3. #3John54,786
  4. #4William44,779
  5. #5Richard37,425
  6. #6Charles31,689
  7. #7David27,690
  8. #8Thomas23,991
  9. #9Donald23,115
  10. #10Ronald20,741
  11. #213Archie602
More about 1940

girls

1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 40,840 of them was named Archie, which outranked 71.3% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Archie
  1. #1,404Tiny29
  2. #1,404Vallie29
  3. #1,404Willodean29
  4. #1,442Archie28
  5. #1,442Albertine28
  6. #1,442Aretha28
  7. #1,442Charlyn28
  8. #1,477Annice27
  9. #1,477Arden27
  10. #1,477Astrid27

Tied with 34 names at #1,442; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,494Scarlett#3,429 → #935
  2. ↑ 1,465Lonna#2,206 → #741
  3. ↑ 834Pam#1,797 → #963
  4. ↑ 659Jody#1,638 → #979
  5. ↑ 633Laraine#1,474 → #841
Fallers
  1. ↓ 481Fredia#996 → #1,477
  2. ↓ 430Eleanora#974 → #1,404
  3. ↓ 375Danielle#811 → #1,186
  4. ↓ 342Eloisa#930 → #1,272
  5. ↓ 298Coral#996 → #1,294

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

boys

1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 1,926 of them was named Archie, which outranked 94.6% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Archie
  1. #210Leland608
  2. #211Laurence604
  3. #212Clayton603
  4. #213Archie602
  5. #214Loren586
  6. #215Oliver582
  7. #216Kent578
Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. ↑ 565Whitney#1,458 → #893
  2. ↑ 447Gonzalo#1,297 → #850
  3. ↑ 419Weston#1,323 → #904
  4. ↑ 368Ashley#1,272 → #904
  5. ↑ 366Agustin#1,238 → #872
Fallers
  1. ↓ 886Montie#916 → #1,802
  2. ↓ 446Verlon#888 → #1,334
  3. ↓ 394Issac#857 → #1,251
  4. ↓ 392Otho#942 → #1,334
  5. ↓ 384Pearl#867 → #1,251

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

See the top 100 for 1940 →