Archibald
Boy · AR-chi-bald · Germanic
Archibald is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “genuinely bold”. In 2025 it ranked 366th for boys in the UK (130 babies) and 1,145th for boys in the US (184 babies).
What does Archibald mean?
Germanic: Germanic, via Old English and Norman French
“genuinely bold”
Long popular in Scotland, where it was used to render the Gaelic Gilleasbaig, 'servant of the bishop'.
- Say it
- AR-chi-bald
More on Wiktionary.
Is Archibald a girl's or a boy's name?
Archibald is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 130 boys in the UK and 184 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Archibald in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #366among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 130about 1 in 2,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 130 boys in the UK were named Archibald, making it the 366th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 465th.
2025 had the most boys named Archibald of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Archibald in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 346th in England and Wales and 441st in Scotland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#60) and 1914 (#88).
Archibald in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 130 | #366 |
| 2024 | 124 | #382 |
| 2023 | 90 | #490 |
| 2022 | 98 | #457 |
| 2021 | 97 | #474 |
| 2020 | 94 | #465 |
| 2019 | 84 | #521 |
| 2018 | 118 | #407 |
| 2017 | 118 | #414 |
| 2016 | 99 | #467 |
| 2015 | 97 | #466 |
| 2014 | 76 | #555 |
| 2013 | 98 | #457 |
| 2012 | 85 | #498 |
| 2011 | 60 | #635 |
| 2010 | 76 | #512 |
| 2009 | 88 | #471 |
| 2008 | 97 | #430 |
| 2007 | 74 | #505 |
| 2006 | 81 | #444 |
| 2005 | 61 | #511 |
| 2004 | 53 | #543 |
| 2003 | 63 | #451 |
| 2002 | 55 | #450 |
| 2001 | 43 | #524 |
| 2000 | 32 | #636 |
| 1999 | 32 | #623 |
| 1998 | 31 | #637 |
| 1997 | 28 | #652 |
| 1996 | 22 | #746 |
How popular is Archibald in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,145among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 184about 1 in 9,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 115% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 184 boys in the US were named Archibald, making it the 1,145th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,655th.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 8 years. 2025 had the most boys named Archibald of any year since the records began in 1880.
Half of all the boys named Archibald in the US since 1880 were born between 1917 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Archibald in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 184 | #1,145 |
| 2024 | 176 | #1,176 |
| 2023 | 149 | #1,288 |
| 2022 | 148 | #1,289 |
| 2021 | 100 | #1,658 |
| 2020 | 96 | #1,655 |
| 2019 | 71 | #2,041 |
| 2018 | 70 | #2,045 |
| 2017 | 49 | #2,565 |
| 2016 | 51 | #2,477 |
| 2015 | 50 | #2,485 |
| 2014 | 46 | #2,620 |
| 2013 | 25 | #3,962 |
| 2012 | 34 | #3,228 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,240 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 15 | #2,964 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,548 |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,310 |
| 1967 | 15 | #2,029 |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 14 | #2,177 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 11 | #2,538 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 17 | #1,973 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,816 |
| 1957 | 15 | #2,092 |
| 1956 | 24 | #1,607 |
| 1955 | 11 | #2,434 |
| 1954 | 18 | #1,825 |
| 1953 | 27 | #1,454 |
| 1952 | 25 | #1,516 |
| 1951 | 17 | #1,837 |
| 1950 | 17 | #1,814 |
| 1949 | 18 | #1,753 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,114 |
| 1947 | 21 | #1,645 |
| 1946 | 17 | #1,758 |
| 1945 | 20 | #1,493 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,079 |
| 1943 | 28 | #1,307 |
| 1942 | 17 | #1,730 |
| 1941 | 26 | #1,300 |
| 1940 | 23 | #1,397 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,050 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,084 |
| 1937 | 20 | #1,528 |
| 1936 | 19 | #1,540 |
| 1935 | 23 | #1,422 |
| 1934 | 21 | #1,498 |
| 1933 | 20 | #1,540 |
| 1932 | 27 | #1,324 |
| 1931 | 30 | #1,253 |
| 1930 | 32 | #1,259 |
| 1929 | 42 | #1,055 |
| 1928 | 40 | #1,111 |
| 1927 | 43 | #1,080 |
| 1926 | 39 | #1,144 |
| 1925 | 63 | #835 |
| 1924 | 61 | #886 |
| 1923 | 68 | #815 |
| 1922 | 59 | #905 |
| 1921 | 51 | #981 |
| 1920 | 60 | #887 |
| 1919 | 69 | #777 |
| 1918 | 55 | #894 |
| 1917 | 73 | #713 |
| 1916 | 61 | #790 |
| 1915 | 57 | #804 |
| 1914 | 48 | #758 |
| 1913 | 39 | #745 |
| 1912 | 52 | #556 |
| 1911 | 15 | #855 |
| 1910 | 17 | #729 |
| 1909 | 11 | #893 |
| 1908 | 19 | #585 |
| 1907 | 16 | #634 |
| 1906 | 16 | #590 |
| 1905 | 15 | #615 |
| 1904 | 16 | #566 |
| 1903 | 23 | #411 |
| 1902 | 18 | #507 |
| 1901 | 15 | #506 |
| 1900 | 14 | #679 |
| 1899 | 19 | #424 |
| 1898 | 21 | #435 |
| 1897 | 16 | #495 |
| 1896 | 17 | #500 |
| 1895 | 26 | #368 |
| 1894 | 25 | #367 |
| 1893 | 20 | #401 |
| 1892 | 37 | #303 |
| 1891 | 19 | #397 |
| 1890 | 38 | #279 |
| 1889 | 23 | #369 |
| 1888 | 22 | #398 |
| 1887 | 19 | #377 |
| 1886 | 30 | #311 |
| 1885 | 25 | #344 |
| 1884 | 29 | #325 |
| 1883 | 28 | #309 |
| 1882 | 30 | #313 |
| 1881 | 27 | #313 |
| 1880 | 27 | #325 |
Nicknames for Archibald
- Archie 2,768 boys in the UK in 2025
- Baldie
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