Boys' name · since 1880
Archer
31,391 babies named Archer in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #669 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #98 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 31,391
- born since 1880
- 2020s
- peak decade
31,391 babies have been named Archer since 1880, making it today's #98 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Archer has been recorded 31,391 times among boys since 1880, currently ranked #98 nationally and more common than 99.3% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #669 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #98 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 31,391 born since 1880
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Archer ranks #669 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #98 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 31,391 born since 1880, peaking in the 2020s.
- #669 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #98 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 31,391
- born since 1880
- 2020s
- peak decade
Archer's 31,391 recorded births place it above 98.52% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Archer compares
31,391 Top 5% higher than 95% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Archer's all-time total is 85x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Archer | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 31,391 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 3,627 | 34 | 22,252 |
Archer's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Archer splits its recorded history at 1955: 97% of all births land in the more recent half, 3% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1885 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 3,627 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Archer popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 3,627
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Archer popularity over time - girls
412 total births recorded since 2008 (Archer as girls' name)
Archer by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (17,566 births, 56% of the file).
2020s was Archer's strongest decade.
17,566 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Archer births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 61
1880s
61 births
- 1890s 10
1890s
10 births
- 1900s 25
1900s
25 births
- 1910s 192
1910s
192 births
- 1920s 221
1920s
221 births
- 1930s 121
1930s
121 births
- 1940s 134
1940s
134 births
- 1950s 121
1950s
121 births
- 1960s 83
1960s
83 births
- 1970s 49
1970s
49 births
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
- 1990s 127
1990s
127 births
- 2000s 1,195
2000s
1,195 births
- 2010s
2010s
11,469 births
- 2020s
2020s
17,566 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 17,566 births (56% of all-time use).
How Archer compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Archer's total volume
Archer by state
Where Archer concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,503 | 8.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,288 | 7.3% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 1,332 | 4.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 1,246 | 4.0% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 1,189 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 1,125 | 3.6% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 1,029 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Minnesota | | 1,018 | 3.2% |
2,503 of 31,391 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Archer appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Archer's data
- California records the most Archers (2,503 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Archer: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Archer draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.