NameTides

Archer

Archer was the #98 boys' name in the US in 2025 (3,627 babies), and #152 in England & Wales and #121 in Canada.

Archer as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Archer as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIreland
Archer as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#98 (3,627)#152 (354)#198 (21)#270 (6)#577 (5)#121 (253)#35 (170)#27 (194)
2024#115 (3,102)#173 (292)#209 (20)#216 (9)#350 (11)#121 (259)#36 (165)#33 (182)
2023#129 (2,834)#174 (294)#214 (20)—#396 (9)#152 (207)#47 (156)#38 (145)
2022#126 (2,922)#169 (303)#271 (14)#414 (3)#380 (10)#147 (230)#41 (172)#37 (152)
2021#139 (2,732)#174 (308)#262 (16)#249 (8)#552 (5)#143 (251)#38 (214)#37 (169)
2020#160 (2,349)#172 (305)#231 (18)#270 (6)#637 (4)#172 (213)#35 (209)#29 (189)
2019#206 (1,884)#186 (282)#264 (15)#365 (4)#764 (3)#193 (196)#48 (176)#33 (193)
2018#240 (1,594)#196 (269)#208 (22)#283 (6)#749 (3)#191 (199)#32 (234)#36 (168)
2017#254 (1,463)#222 (240)#406 (8)#363 (4)#374 (10)#226 (162)#40 (198)#34 (183)
2016#263 (1,385)#290 (174)#355 (10)#358 (4)—#205 (180)#45 (186)#35 (172)
2015#289 (1,275)#337 (139)#359 (9)——#274 (126)#51 (183)#27 (178)
2014#301 (1,183)#359 (116)#439 (7)—#715 (3)#235 (152)#61 (169)#40 (157)
2013#353 (899)#407 (100)———#308 (104)#71 (148)#41 (154)
2012#406 (721)#484 (79)———#360 (83)#93 (118)#46 (145)
2011#446 (607)#718 (44)———#565 (45)—#57 (110)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #98.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 470 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 470common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 770common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 940common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 630common

Next year

On its recent trend, Archer is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 460 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 420 to 1 in 520.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Archer by state, 2025Alaska: #94AKMaine: #61MEWisconsin: #45WIVermont: #37VTNew Hampshire: #80NHWashington: #97WAIdaho: #52IDMontana: #30MTNorth Dakota: #27NDMinnesota: #30MNIllinois: #86ILMichigan: #70MINew York: #144NYMassachusetts: #146MAOregon: #85ORNevada: #140NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #26SDIowa: #45IAIndiana: #56INOhio: #57OHPennsylvania: #85PANew Jersey: #189NJConnecticut: #97CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #168CAUtah: #47UTColorado: #58CONebraska: #49NEMissouri: #49MOKentucky: #91KYWest Virginia: #44WVVirginia: #102VAMaryland: #132MDDelaware: #101DEArizona: #118AZNew Mexico: #311NMKansas: #69KSArkansas: #54ARTennessee: #59TNNorth Carolina: #98NCSouth Carolina: #102SCDistrict of Columbia: #139DCOklahoma: #61OKLouisiana: #97LAMississippi: #97MSAlabama: #86ALGeorgia: #102GAHawaii: #180HITexas: #141TXFlorida: #120FL
Archer (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#103119
Quebec2025#35313

Archer (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ArcherCanadaGirls—too few
ArcherCanadaBoys#121253
ArcherEngland & WalesGirls—too few
ArcherEngland & WalesBoys#152354
ArcherIrelandBoys#5775
ArcherNorthern IrelandBoys#2706
ArcherNSWBoys#35170
ArcherScotlandBoys#19821
ArcherUSGirls#4,87827
ArcherUSBoys#983,627
ArcherVICBoys#27194