Archimedes
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Archimedes is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Archimedes mean?
Greek
A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἀρχιμήδης (Arkhimḗdēs), notably borne by Archimedes of Syracuse, an Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist and engineer (c. 287–212 BCE).
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Archimedes a girl's or a boy's name?
Archimedes is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Archimedes in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,140th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Archimedes, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the boys named Archimedes in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Archimedes in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
Names like Archimedes
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ares, Atreus, Thiago, Aziel, Apollo, Atlas, Ezio, Luca, Azriel, Perseus, Amias, Tadeo
More Greek names
Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Archimedes: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/archimedes, updated 20 October 2026.