Archie-James
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AR-chee-JAYMZ
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,087 for boys
Archie-James is a boys' name of Modern origin, meaning “genuinely bold + supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies).
What does Archie-James mean?
Modern: combination of Archie and James
“genuinely bold + supplanter”
Pairs Archie, a pet form of Archibald, with James, the English form of Jacob.
Is Archie-James a girl's or a boy's name?
Archie-James is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Archie-James in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,087th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Archie-James, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,241st. Its busiest year was 2020, with 23 boys.
Half of all the boys named Archie-James in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Archie-James in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 20 | #1,389 |
| 2020 | 23 | #1,241 |
| 2019 | 18 | #1,479 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2017 | 22 | #1,290 |
| 2016 | 19 | #1,458 |
| 2015 | 14 | #1,779 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,650 |
| 2013 | 12 | #1,901 |
| 2012 | 12 | #1,956 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
Names like Archie-James
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tobias, Elias, Arthur, Albie, Albert, Atlas, Theodore, Arlo, Elijah, Austin, Myles, Otis
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Archie-James: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/archie-james, updated 20 October 2026.