Archie-Ray
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AR-chee-RAY
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
Archie-Ray is a boys' name of Modern origin, meaning “genuinely bold + wise protector”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies).
What does Archie-Ray mean?
Modern: combination of Archie and Ray
“genuinely bold + wise protector”
Ray is usually a short form of Raymond, from Germanic words for 'counsel' and 'protection'.
Is Archie-Ray a girl's or a boy's name?
Archie-Ray is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Archie-Ray in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 67% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Archie-Ray, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,829th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 13 boys.
2025 had more boys named Archie-Ray than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Archie-Ray in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Archie-Ray in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 13 | #1,829 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
Names like Archie-Ray
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arthur, Theodore, Albie, Albert, Arlo, Rory, Tommy, Henry, Teddy, Tobias, Alfred, Elijah
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-Ray: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/archie-ray, updated 20 October 2026.