Achilleus
Boy · a-KIL-ee-us · Greek
Achilleus is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Achilleus mean?
Greek: original Greek form of Achilles
Achilles, the greatest Greek warrior of Homer's Iliad, was said to be vulnerable only at his heel.
- Say it
- a-KIL-ee-us
Is Achilleus a girl's or a boy's name?
Achilleus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Achilleus in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Achilleus, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 2009.
Half of all the boys named Achilleus in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Achilleus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
Names like Achilleus
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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