Archie
Boy · AR-chee · Germanic
Classic
Archie is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “genuinely bold”. In 2025 it ranked 11th for boys in the UK (2,768 babies) and 301st for boys in the US (1,129 babies).
What does Archie mean?
Germanic: pet form of Archibald
“genuinely bold”
A Scottish pet form of Archibald that has long been used as a name in its own right.
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- AR-chee
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Is Archie a girl's or a boy's name?
Archie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 2,768 boys in the UK and 5 girls and 1,129 boys in the US.
How popular is Archie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #11among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 2,768about 1 in 110 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 12%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 2,768 boys in the UK were named Archie, making it the 11th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 3,536 boys.
Half of all the boys named Archie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 11th in England and Wales, 8th in Scotland and 15th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2004 (#45), 2014 (#17) and 2024 (#10).
Archie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,768 | #11 |
| 2024 | 2,880 | #10 |
| 2023 | 2,699 | #12 |
| 2022 | 2,993 | #10 |
| 2021 | 3,221 | #10 |
| 2020 | 3,270 | #10 |
| 2019 | 2,824 | #19 |
| 2018 | 3,266 | #15 |
| 2017 | 3,105 | #19 |
| 2016 | 3,076 | #19 |
| 2015 | 3,186 | #19 |
| 2014 | 3,393 | #18 |
| 2013 | 3,536 | #18 |
| 2012 | 3,288 | #22 |
| 2011 | 3,016 | #24 |
| 2010 | 2,884 | #28 |
| 2009 | 3,243 | #23 |
| 2008 | 2,472 | #32 |
| 2007 | 2,078 | #36 |
| 2006 | 1,852 | #42 |
| 2005 | 1,769 | #41 |
| 2004 | 1,596 | #46 |
| 2003 | 1,270 | #56 |
| 2002 | 1,218 | #60 |
| 2001 | 1,007 | #66 |
| 2000 | 660 | #94 |
| 1999 | 470 | #120 |
| 1998 | 382 | #130 |
| 1997 | 262 | #157 |
| 1996 | 175 | #205 |
How popular is Archie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,129about 1 in 1,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 153% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,129 boys in the US were named Archie, making it the 301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 468th. 5 girls were also named Archie in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 9 years. 2025 had the most boys named Archie of any year since the records began in 1880.
Half of all the boys named Archie in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 1963, the years shaded on the chart below.
Archie in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,129 | #301 |
| 2024 | 1,040 | #332 |
| 2023 | 946 | #347 |
| 2022 | 864 | #375 |
| 2021 | 784 | #400 |
| 2020 | 635 | #468 |
| 2019 | 384 | #674 |
| 2018 | 210 | #984 |
| 2017 | 161 | #1,164 |
| 2016 | 133 | #1,339 |
| 2015 | 146 | #1,245 |
| 2014 | 110 | #1,473 |
| 2013 | 83 | #1,753 |
| 2012 | 93 | #1,656 |
| 2011 | 73 | #1,904 |
| 2010 | 79 | #1,833 |
| 2009 | 87 | #1,754 |
| 2008 | 75 | #1,916 |
| 2007 | 51 | #2,473 |
| 2006 | 69 | #1,942 |
| 2005 | 64 | #1,963 |
| 2004 | 69 | #1,801 |
| 2003 | 62 | #1,882 |
| 2002 | 55 | #1,994 |
| 2001 | 54 | #1,978 |
| 2000 | 50 | #2,011 |
| 1999 | 68 | #1,590 |
| 1998 | 49 | #1,954 |
| 1997 | 58 | #1,690 |
| 1996 | 70 | #1,452 |
| 1995 | 75 | #1,354 |
| 1994 | 92 | #1,196 |
| 1993 | 73 | #1,328 |
| 1992 | 90 | #1,158 |
| 1991 | 99 | #1,089 |
| 1990 | 109 | #1,009 |
| 1989 | 104 | #999 |
| 1988 | 115 | #889 |
| 1987 | 109 | #895 |
| 1986 | 123 | #816 |
| 1985 | 134 | #764 |
| 1984 | 142 | #730 |
| 1983 | 148 | #703 |
| 1982 | 157 | #692 |
| 1981 | 167 | #663 |
| 1980 | 177 | #651 |
| 1979 | 191 | #618 |
| 1978 | 190 | #604 |
| 1977 | 187 | #614 |
| 1976 | 202 | #571 |
| 1975 | 202 | #568 |
| 1974 | 216 | #547 |
| 1973 | 230 | #518 |
| 1972 | 265 | #482 |
| 1971 | 320 | #454 |
| 1970 | 337 | #447 |
| 1969 | 319 | #441 |
| 1968 | 315 | #434 |
| 1967 | 275 | #453 |
| 1966 | 302 | #438 |
| 1965 | 309 | #438 |
| 1964 | 392 | #402 |
| 1963 | 410 | #396 |
| 1962 | 390 | #406 |
| 1961 | 397 | #398 |
| 1960 | 446 | #375 |
| 1959 | 483 | #355 |
| 1958 | 467 | #353 |
| 1957 | 551 | #329 |
| 1956 | 546 | #319 |
| 1955 | 579 | #301 |
| 1954 | 541 | #308 |
| 1953 | 593 | #288 |
| 1952 | 589 | #289 |
| 1951 | 588 | #281 |
| 1950 | 553 | #286 |
| 1949 | 630 | #258 |
| 1948 | 660 | #251 |
| 1947 | 676 | #253 |
| 1946 | 622 | #250 |
| 1945 | 544 | #245 |
| 1944 | 621 | #220 |
| 1943 | 614 | #234 |
| 1942 | 678 | #216 |
| 1941 | 657 | #207 |
| 1940 | 602 | #213 |
| 1939 | 621 | #202 |
| 1938 | 577 | #214 |
| 1937 | 648 | #196 |
| 1936 | 648 | #191 |
| 1935 | 680 | #189 |
| 1934 | 658 | #192 |
| 1933 | 660 | #186 |
| 1932 | 714 | #186 |
| 1931 | 758 | #177 |
| 1930 | 768 | #179 |
| 1929 | 732 | #187 |
| 1928 | 860 | #169 |
| 1927 | 849 | #175 |
| 1926 | 920 | #162 |
| 1925 | 917 | #163 |
| 1924 | 1,037 | #154 |
| 1923 | 939 | #162 |
| 1922 | 1,023 | #150 |
| 1921 | 979 | #155 |
| 1920 | 1,037 | #145 |
| 1919 | 1,020 | #142 |
| 1918 | 1,110 | #138 |
| 1917 | 939 | #142 |
| 1916 | 806 | #152 |
| 1915 | 794 | #151 |
| 1914 | 648 | #145 |
| 1913 | 583 | #134 |
| 1912 | 496 | #130 |
| 1911 | 272 | #127 |
| 1910 | 265 | #119 |
| 1909 | 235 | #118 |
| 1908 | 223 | #115 |
| 1907 | 250 | #98 |
| 1906 | 216 | #99 |
| 1905 | 184 | #116 |
| 1904 | 185 | #113 |
| 1903 | 192 | #102 |
| 1902 | 186 | #103 |
| 1901 | 161 | #105 |
| 1900 | 216 | #109 |
| 1899 | 177 | #99 |
| 1898 | 222 | #92 |
| 1897 | 190 | #95 |
| 1896 | 230 | #88 |
| 1895 | 212 | #89 |
| 1894 | 207 | #92 |
| 1893 | 194 | #93 |
| 1892 | 214 | #91 |
| 1891 | 201 | #79 |
| 1890 | 221 | #79 |
| 1889 | 195 | #90 |
| 1888 | 191 | #96 |
| 1887 | 184 | #85 |
| 1886 | 175 | #92 |
| 1885 | 196 | #85 |
| 1884 | 206 | #82 |
| 1883 | 166 | #84 |
| 1882 | 195 | #82 |
| 1881 | 125 | #101 |
| 1880 | 183 | #83 |
Nicknames for Archie
- Arch 46 boys in the US in 2025
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