Arch
Boy · ARCH · English
Arch is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,764th for boys in the US (46 babies).
What does Arch mean?
English: short form of Archibald or Archer; also an English word
A traditional short form of Archibald, a Germanic name long favoured in Scotland.
- Say it
- ARCH
Is Arch a girl's or a boy's name?
Arch is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 46 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arch in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,764among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 46about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 600% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 46 boys in the US were named Arch, making it the 2,764th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1880, with 61 boys.
2025 had more boys named Arch than any year since 1928.
Half of all the boys named Arch in the US since 1880 were born between 1899 and 1946. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Arch in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | #2,764 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,606 |
| 2022 | 23 | #4,438 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,714 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 11 | #2,890 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,310 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 13 | #2,269 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1963 | 10 | #2,672 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 1961 | 19 | #1,875 |
| 1960 | 16 | #2,041 |
| 1959 | 13 | #2,294 |
| 1958 | 17 | #1,952 |
| 1957 | 13 | #2,273 |
| 1956 | 14 | #2,167 |
| 1955 | 25 | #1,537 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 25 | #1,507 |
| 1952 | 20 | #1,700 |
| 1951 | 18 | #1,773 |
| 1950 | 21 | #1,614 |
| 1949 | 26 | #1,433 |
| 1948 | 22 | #1,558 |
| 1947 | 23 | #1,554 |
| 1946 | 30 | #1,277 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,008 |
| 1944 | 17 | #1,682 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,485 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,496 |
| 1941 | 15 | #1,821 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,680 |
| 1939 | 17 | #1,636 |
| 1938 | 22 | #1,439 |
| 1937 | 22 | #1,444 |
| 1936 | 23 | #1,384 |
| 1935 | 20 | #1,538 |
| 1934 | 29 | #1,241 |
| 1933 | 21 | #1,498 |
| 1932 | 26 | #1,356 |
| 1931 | 30 | #1,253 |
| 1930 | 35 | #1,190 |
| 1929 | 32 | #1,237 |
| 1928 | 47 | #1,003 |
| 1927 | 39 | #1,145 |
| 1926 | 40 | #1,124 |
| 1925 | 40 | #1,108 |
| 1924 | 42 | #1,107 |
| 1923 | 50 | #976 |
| 1922 | 47 | #1,032 |
| 1921 | 46 | #1,026 |
| 1920 | 48 | #987 |
| 1919 | 46 | #999 |
| 1918 | 52 | #918 |
| 1917 | 42 | #1,003 |
| 1916 | 51 | #883 |
| 1915 | 39 | #1,015 |
| 1914 | 32 | #986 |
| 1913 | 25 | #995 |
| 1912 | 27 | #854 |
| 1911 | 17 | #792 |
| 1910 | 13 | #859 |
| 1909 | 11 | #893 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,112 |
| 1907 | 19 | #559 |
| 1906 | 13 | #674 |
| 1905 | 11 | #741 |
| 1904 | 11 | #723 |
| 1903 | 13 | #619 |
| 1902 | 18 | #507 |
| 1901 | 17 | #466 |
| 1900 | 18 | #578 |
| 1899 | 11 | #613 |
| 1898 | 24 | #403 |
| 1897 | 26 | #367 |
| 1896 | 19 | #462 |
| 1895 | 15 | #529 |
| 1894 | 30 | #322 |
| 1893 | 30 | #317 |
| 1892 | 32 | #329 |
| 1891 | 26 | #333 |
| 1890 | 23 | #369 |
| 1889 | 31 | #313 |
| 1888 | 35 | #302 |
| 1887 | 47 | #230 |
| 1886 | 32 | #301 |
| 1885 | 30 | #307 |
| 1884 | 43 | #259 |
| 1883 | 38 | #263 |
| 1882 | 55 | #221 |
| 1881 | 43 | #233 |
| 1880 | 61 | #199 |
Nicknames for Arch
- Archie 2,768 boys in the UK in 2025
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