Archibald
Archibald was given to 184 boys in 2025, #1,145 among boys’ names; 3,985 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,900 Americans named Archibald and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (48% of everyone recorded); the median is 8 years old and half are between 3 and 35.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Archibald by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Archibald mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Archibald is “a male given name from the Germanic languages.” Its etymology gives the senses “pure, holy, genuine, precious” (*erkn) and “strong, bold” (*balþ).
From Anglo-Norman Arcebald, Arcenbald or Ercenbald, from Old French Archaunbault, from Proto-West Germanic *Erknabalþ, from *erkn (“pure, holy, genuine, precious”) + *balþ (“strong, bold”). Doublet of Archambault. Compare Latin Archibaldus.
/ˈɑː(ɹ).t͡ʃɪ.bɔːld/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Archibald?
#1,145 among boys’ names, 2025
Archibald rose from #2,489 in 2015 to #1,145 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.03 to 0.11 per 1,000.
184 babies in 2025, the peak
Archibald peaked in 2025, when 184 boys were given it, #1,145 among boys’ names. In 2024 it went to 176 boys.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 184 | #1,145 | 0.11 |
| 2024 | 176 | #1,176 | 0.10 |
| 2023 | 149 | #1,289 | 0.09 |
| 2022 | 148 | #1,289 | 0.08 |
| 2021 | 100 | #1,658 | 0.06 |
| 2020 | 96 | #1,657 | 0.06 |
| 2019 | 71 | #2,044 | 0.04 |
| 2018 | 70 | #2,049 | 0.04 |
| 2017 | 49 | #2,569 | 0.03 |
| 2016 | 51 | #2,479 | 0.03 |
Every recorded year (144)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 50 | #2,489 | 0.03 |
| 2014 | 46 | #2,624 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 25 | #3,972 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 34 | #3,234 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,962 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,246 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,816 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,729 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,846 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,778 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,137 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,564 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,648 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,687 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,660 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,922 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,350 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,203 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,944 | under 0.01 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,831 | under 0.01 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,781 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,253 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,489 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,417 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,654 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,345 | under 0.01 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,130 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,143 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,819 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,601 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,946 | under 0.01 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,496 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,167 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 15 | #2,970 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,865 | under 0.01 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,583 | under 0.01 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,892 | under 0.01 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,450 | under 0.01 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,440 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,572 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,462 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,362 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,155 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,534 | under 0.01 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,555 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,318 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 15 | #2,032 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,996 | under 0.01 |
| 1965 | 14 | #2,182 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,618 | under 0.01 |
| 1963 | 11 | #2,543 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,053 | under 0.01 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,545 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,878 | under 0.01 |
| 1959 | 17 | #1,975 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,827 | under 0.01 |
| 1957 | 15 | #2,098 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 24 | #1,609 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 11 | #2,442 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 18 | #1,828 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 27 | #1,455 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 25 | #1,519 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 17 | #1,838 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 17 | #1,815 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 18 | #1,756 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,118 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 21 | #1,649 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 17 | #1,761 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 20 | #1,498 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,081 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 28 | #1,307 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 17 | #1,733 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 26 | #1,300 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 23 | #1,400 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,061 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,088 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 20 | #1,532 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 19 | #1,546 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 23 | #1,423 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 21 | #1,502 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 20 | #1,541 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 27 | #1,325 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 30 | #1,254 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 32 | #1,259 | 0.03 |
| 1929 | 42 | #1,056 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 40 | #1,112 | 0.04 |
| 1927 | 43 | #1,081 | 0.04 |
| 1926 | 39 | #1,144 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 63 | #836 | 0.06 |
| 1924 | 61 | #887 | 0.05 |
| 1923 | 68 | #815 | 0.06 |
| 1922 | 59 | #906 | 0.05 |
| 1921 | 51 | #981 | 0.05 |
| 1920 | 60 | #887 | 0.06 |
| 1919 | 69 | #777 | 0.07 |
| 1918 | 55 | #895 | 0.05 |
| 1917 | 73 | #714 | 0.08 |
| 1916 | 61 | #790 | 0.07 |
| 1915 | 57 | #805 | 0.07 |
| 1914 | 48 | #758 | 0.07 |
| 1913 | 39 | #745 | 0.08 |
| 1912 | 52 | #556 | 0.12 |
| 1911 | 15 | #860 | 0.07 |
| 1910 | 17 | #729 | 0.09 |
| 1909 | 11 | #899 | 0.07 |
| 1908 | 19 | #588 | 0.12 |
| 1907 | 16 | #636 | 0.11 |
| 1906 | 16 | #591 | 0.12 |
| 1905 | 15 | #617 | 0.11 |
| 1904 | 16 | #567 | 0.12 |
| 1903 | 23 | #412 | 0.19 |
| 1902 | 18 | #509 | 0.15 |
| 1901 | 15 | #507 | 0.14 |
| 1900 | 14 | #681 | 0.09 |
| 1899 | 19 | #426 | 0.18 |
| 1898 | 21 | #437 | 0.17 |
| 1897 | 16 | #496 | 0.14 |
| 1896 | 17 | #503 | 0.14 |
| 1895 | 26 | #369 | 0.22 |
| 1894 | 25 | #367 | 0.22 |
| 1893 | 20 | #402 | 0.18 |
| 1892 | 37 | #303 | 0.30 |
| 1891 | 19 | #399 | 0.19 |
| 1890 | 38 | #279 | 0.34 |
| 1889 | 23 | #372 | 0.21 |
| 1888 | 22 | #398 | 0.18 |
| 1887 | 19 | #379 | 0.19 |
| 1886 | 30 | #312 | 0.27 |
| 1885 | 25 | #345 | 0.23 |
| 1884 | 29 | #326 | 0.25 |
| 1883 | 28 | #310 | 0.27 |
| 1882 | 30 | #313 | 0.26 |
| 1881 | 27 | #313 | 0.27 |
| 1880 | 27 | #326 | 0.24 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Archibald a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Archibald has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 144 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Archibald: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Archibald, and how old are they?
1,900 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 48% of the 3,985 Americans ever recorded as Archibald. The median Archibald alive today is 8 years old; half are between 3 and 35.
The 2020 Census counted 1,437 people named Archibald (9 women and girls, 1,428 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,184 born in the U.S. The Census count is 21% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 70 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 188 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 139 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 131 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 163 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,210 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
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).
Where are babies named Archibald born?
The states with the most babies named Archibald are California, New York and Texas, with 39% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 21 | #1,015 | 0.4× |
| New York | 16 | #847 | 0.7× |
| Texas | 13 | #1,417 | 0.3× |
| Florida | 10 | #1,198 | 0.3× |
| Missouri | 8 | #652 | 0.2× |
| Illinois | 7 | #1,032 | 0.3× |
| Minnesota | 7 | #647 | 0.4× |
| Virginia | 7 | #878 | 0.3× |
| Wisconsin | 7 | #621 | 0.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 6 | #1,105 | 0.6× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Archibald with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Archibald
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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