NameTides

Archibald

Archibald was the #1,145 boys' name in the US in 2025 (184 babies), and #346 in England & Wales and #1,015 in Canada.

Archibald as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Canada
Archibald as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandCanadaUS
Archibald as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandCanada
2025#1,145 (184)#346 (123)#441 (7)—#1,015 (25)
2024#1,176 (176)#374 (115)#382 (9)—#1,246 (18)
2023#1,288 (149)#464 (86)#614 (4)—#1,496 (13)
2022#1,289 (148)#435 (93)#522 (5)—#989 (23)
2021#1,658 (100)#471 (86)#328 (11)—#1,151 (19)
2020#1,655 (96)#475 (82)#305 (12)—#1,129 (19)
2019#2,042 (71)#518 (75)#355 (9)—#941 (24)
2018#2,046 (70)#414 (102)#253 (16)—#1,471 (12)
2017#2,566 (49)#392 (113)#532 (5)—#1,720 (10)
2016#2,477 (51)#477 (85)#290 (14)—#1,683 (10)
2015#2,486 (50)#461 (88)#359 (9)—#1,816 (9)
2014#2,622 (46)#597 (59)#252 (17)——
2013#3,964 (25)#451 (87)#335 (11)—#1,551 (11)
2012#3,231 (34)#478 (80)#500 (5)——
2011#5,945 (14)#631 (53)#421 (7)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1890 at #279.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,300 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 6,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Archibald is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 6,000 to 1 in 9,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Archibald by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #618WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #640MNIllinois: #1,023ILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: #844NYMassachusetts: #789MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #949INOhio: #1,111OHPennsylvania: #1,094PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,011CAUtah: #621UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #648MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #875VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,415TXFlorida: #1,191FL
Archibald (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
Quebec2025#5707
Ontario2024#96411

Archibald (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
ArchibaldCanadaBoys#1,01525
ArchibaldEngland & WalesBoys#346123
ArchibaldNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ArchibaldScotlandBoys#4417
ArchibaldUSBoys#1,145184