Arch — #3206 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Arch

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,526 babies named Arch between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Arch currently holds the #3206 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1880, when 61 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arch performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 431 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Arch shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 51 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kentucky and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Arch in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arch in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,526 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.