Arch
Arch was given to 46 boys in 2025, #2,766 among boys’ names; 2,572 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Arch by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Arch mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Arch is “a diminutive of the male given names Archibald and Archie.”
Clipping of Archibald or Archie.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Arch?
#2,766 among boys’ names, 2025
Arch entered the boys’ rankings after 2015 and stood at #2,766 in 2025.
61 babies in 1880, the peak
Arch peaked in 1880, when 61 boys were given it, #199 among boys’ names. The 46 births of 2025 are 75% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | #2,766 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,219 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,613 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 23 | #4,445 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,884 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,797 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,741 | under 0.01 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,802 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,284 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,675 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (112)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5 | #11,583 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,441 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,581 | under 0.01 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,864 | under 0.01 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,836 | under 0.01 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,843 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,639 | under 0.01 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,571 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,722 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,164 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,385 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 11 | #2,899 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,608 | under 0.01 |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,317 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,998 | under 0.01 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,553 | under 0.01 |
| 1965 | 13 | #2,274 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,114 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 10 | #2,678 | under 0.01 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,368 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 19 | #1,877 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 16 | #2,043 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 13 | #2,301 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 17 | #1,956 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 13 | #2,279 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 14 | #2,169 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 25 | #1,540 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,598 | under 0.01 |
| 1953 | 25 | #1,509 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 20 | #1,704 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 18 | #1,779 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 21 | #1,615 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 26 | #1,435 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 22 | #1,558 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 23 | #1,555 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 30 | #1,277 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,011 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 17 | #1,684 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,487 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,498 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 15 | #1,824 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,683 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 17 | #1,639 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 22 | #1,442 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 22 | #1,446 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 23 | #1,385 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 20 | #1,543 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 29 | #1,241 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 21 | #1,502 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 26 | #1,356 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 30 | #1,253 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 35 | #1,193 | 0.03 |
| 1929 | 32 | #1,238 | 0.03 |
| 1928 | 47 | #1,004 | 0.04 |
| 1927 | 39 | #1,146 | 0.03 |
| 1926 | 40 | #1,126 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 40 | #1,111 | 0.04 |
| 1924 | 42 | #1,109 | 0.04 |
| 1923 | 50 | #978 | 0.05 |
| 1922 | 47 | #1,033 | 0.04 |
| 1921 | 46 | #1,026 | 0.04 |
| 1920 | 48 | #988 | 0.05 |
| 1919 | 46 | #1,001 | 0.05 |
| 1918 | 52 | #919 | 0.05 |
| 1917 | 42 | #1,004 | 0.05 |
| 1916 | 51 | #883 | 0.06 |
| 1915 | 39 | #1,015 | 0.05 |
| 1914 | 32 | #986 | 0.05 |
| 1913 | 25 | #998 | 0.05 |
| 1912 | 27 | #855 | 0.06 |
| 1911 | 17 | #794 | 0.08 |
| 1910 | 13 | #863 | 0.07 |
| 1909 | 11 | #898 | 0.07 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,120 | 0.05 |
| 1907 | 19 | #559 | 0.13 |
| 1906 | 13 | #676 | 0.10 |
| 1905 | 11 | #744 | 0.08 |
| 1904 | 11 | #725 | 0.09 |
| 1903 | 13 | #623 | 0.11 |
| 1902 | 18 | #508 | 0.15 |
| 1901 | 17 | #467 | 0.16 |
| 1900 | 18 | #580 | 0.12 |
| 1899 | 11 | #617 | 0.10 |
| 1898 | 24 | #403 | 0.20 |
| 1897 | 26 | #368 | 0.23 |
| 1896 | 19 | #463 | 0.16 |
| 1895 | 15 | #531 | 0.13 |
| 1894 | 30 | #322 | 0.26 |
| 1893 | 30 | #317 | 0.27 |
| 1892 | 32 | #330 | 0.26 |
| 1891 | 26 | #333 | 0.26 |
| 1890 | 23 | #370 | 0.21 |
| 1889 | 31 | #315 | 0.28 |
| 1888 | 35 | #302 | 0.29 |
| 1887 | 47 | #230 | 0.46 |
| 1886 | 32 | #302 | 0.29 |
| 1885 | 30 | #307 | 0.28 |
| 1884 | 43 | #259 | 0.38 |
| 1883 | 38 | #264 | 0.36 |
| 1882 | 55 | #221 | 0.48 |
| 1881 | 43 | #234 | 0.43 |
| 1880 | 61 | #199 | 0.55 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Arch a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Arch has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 112 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Arch: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Arch, and how old are they?
An estimated 583 Americans named Arch and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (23% of everyone recorded); the median is 61 years old and half are between 8 and 74. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 720 people named Arch (18 women and girls, 702 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 552 born in the U.S. The Census count is 30% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census records the name people give, which for many is the short form Arch rather than the name on their birth record, and it counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Arch
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
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