Archie

Archie was the #301 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,129 babies), and #11 in England & Wales and #296 in Canada.

Archie as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Archie 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.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesIrelandCanadaUS
Archie 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.051015201880192019602000
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#301 (1,129)#11 (2,465)#8 (222)#15 (81)#46 (113)#296 (112)#26 (199)#14 (264)
2024#332 (1,040)#10 (2,575)#10 (228)#20 (77)#51 (105)#275 (118)#17 (247)#9 (292)
2023#347 (946)#13 (2,400)#9 (235)#27 (64)#71 (89)#312 (98)#17 (237)#8 (285)
2022#375 (864)#11 (2,684)#8 (246)#29 (63)#62 (106)#308 (103)#14 (312)#11 (272)
2021#400 (784)#9 (2,928)#15 (217)#24 (76)#59 (114)#349 (94)#14 (327)#10 (302)
2020#468 (635)#9 (2,944)#10 (244)#18 (82)#59 (107)#374 (83)#18 (290)#10 (295)
2019#674 (384)#19 (2,544)#19 (204)#27 (76)#63 (103)#502 (56)#22 (265)#27 (211)
2018#984 (210)#16 (2,950)#17 (243)#32 (73)#89 (75)#910 (25)#26 (248)#35 (169)
2017#1,164 (161)#18 (2,803)#19 (229)#32 (73)#100 (72)#845 (28)#28 (247)#28 (195)
2016#1,339 (133)#18 (2,791)#21 (228)#55 (57)#117 (58)#971 (23)#34 (249)#34 (174)
2015#1,245 (146)#19 (2,912)#26 (216)#54 (58)#140 (45)#1,071 (19)#33 (242)#28 (176)
2014#1,473 (110)#17 (3,099)#22 (239)#55 (55)#132 (48)#878 (26)#32 (250)#34 (175)
2013#1,754 (83)#16 (3,265)#30 (214)#53 (57)#143 (44)#1,109 (18)#39 (213)#34 (178)
2012#1,657 (93)#23 (3,062)#38 (197)#106 (29)#188 (34)#1,102 (18)#42 (218)#33 (178)
2011#1,905 (73)#24 (2,805)#41 (188)#124 (23)#326 (13)#1,076 (19)#47 (191)#37 (156)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1890 at #79.
  • 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 1,500 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 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 110very common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 88very common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 100very common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 210common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Archie is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,300 to 1 in 1,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Archie by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #210WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #282WAIdaho: #196IDMontana: #227MTNorth Dakota: #152NDMinnesota: #174MNIllinois: #277ILMichigan: #312MINew York: #359NYMassachusetts: #378MAOregon: #263ORNevada: #389NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #192SDIowa: #246IAIndiana: #215INOhio: #219OHPennsylvania: #290PANew Jersey: #377NJConnecticut: #249CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #390CAUtah: #185UTColorado: #237CONebraska: #131NEMissouri: #172MOKentucky: #333KYWest Virginia: #183WVVirginia: #365VAMaryland: #571MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #357AZNew Mexico: #311NMKansas: #175KSArkansas: #221ARTennessee: #290TNNorth Carolina: #330NCSouth Carolina: #501SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #311OKLouisiana: #181LAMississippi: #215MSAlabama: #260ALGeorgia: #357GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #385TXFlorida: #433FL
Archie (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#26152
Quebec2025#38512

Archie (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
ArchieCanadaBoys#296112
ArchieEngland & WalesBoys#112,465
ArchieIrelandBoys#46113
ArchieNorthern IrelandBoys#1581
ArchieNSWBoys#26199
ArchieScotlandBoys#8222
ArchieUSGirls#14,9425
ArchieUSBoys#3011,129
ArchieVICBoys#14264