Achilles
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,290 for boys
Achilles is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 1,290th for boys in the US (151 babies).
What does Achilles mean?
Greek
A male given name from Ancient Greek.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Achilles a girl's or a boy's name?
Achilles is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 151 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Achilles in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 76% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Achilles, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 13 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Achilles than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Achilles in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Achilles in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
How popular is Achilles in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,290among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 151about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 151 boys in the US were named Achilles, making it the 1,290th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,051st. Its busiest year was 2018, with 257 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
2025 had fewer boys named Achilles than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Achilles in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Achilles in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 151 | #1,290 |
| 2024 | 165 | #1,220 |
| 2023 | 161 | #1,226 |
| 2022 | 189 | #1,121 |
| 2021 | 196 | #1,081 |
| 2020 | 192 | #1,051 |
| 2019 | 208 | #1,004 |
| 2018 | 257 | #857 |
| 2017 | 234 | #910 |
| 2016 | 227 | #932 |
| 2015 | 214 | #966 |
| 2014 | 171 | #1,117 |
| 2013 | 142 | #1,243 |
| 2012 | 148 | #1,207 |
| 2011 | 123 | #1,364 |
| 2010 | 110 | #1,481 |
| 2009 | 100 | #1,593 |
| 2008 | 128 | #1,343 |
| 2007 | 111 | #1,445 |
| 2006 | 161 | #1,091 |
| 2005 | 133 | #1,195 |
| 2004 | 32 | #3,070 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,565 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,259 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,019 |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 9 | #2,985 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,457 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 8 | #1,884 |
Names like Achilles
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Atlas Theo Asher Albie Hudson Lucas Luca Archer Arlo Enzo Axel Myles
Names related to Achilles
More Greek names
Theodore Sophia George Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris Maisie Lainey
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Achilles: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/achilles, updated 20 October 2026.