Archie
Archie was given to 1,129 boys in 2025, #301 among boys’ names; 57,535 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 21,900 Americans named Archie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (38% of everyone recorded); the median is 54 years old and half are between 7 and 72.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Archie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Archie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Archie is “a diminutive of the male given name Archibald, from the Germanic languages, also used as a formal given name.”
Clipping of Archibald + -ie. The sense “anti-aircraft artillery” is said to be from airmen dodging hostile fire and shouting “Archibald, certainly not”, the refrain of a then popular music hall song of the same name first performed by George Robey in 1911. This habit probably originated with the pilot and commander Amyas Borton (1886–1969).
/ˈɑɹt͡ʃi/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Archie?
#301 among boys’ names, 2025
Archie rose from #1,245 in 2015 to #301 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.08 to 0.66 per 1,000.
1,137 babies in 1918, the peak
Archie peaked in 1918, when 1,137 babies were given it (1,110 boys, #138 among boys’ names). The 1,134 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 100% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,129 | #301 | 0.66 |
| 2024 | 1,040 | #332 | 0.60 |
| 2023 | 946 | #347 | 0.55 |
| 2022 | 864 | #375 | 0.49 |
| 2021 | 784 | #400 | 0.45 |
| 2020 | 635 | #468 | 0.37 |
| 2019 | 384 | #674 | 0.21 |
| 2018 | 210 | #984 | 0.12 |
| 2017 | 161 | #1,164 | 0.09 |
| 2016 | 133 | #1,340 | 0.07 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 146 | #1,245 | 0.08 |
| 2014 | 110 | #1,473 | 0.06 |
| 2013 | 83 | #1,755 | 0.04 |
| 2012 | 93 | #1,657 | 0.05 |
| 2011 | 73 | #1,905 | 0.04 |
| 2010 | 79 | #1,833 | 0.04 |
| 2009 | 87 | #1,755 | 0.04 |
| 2008 | 75 | #1,918 | 0.04 |
| 2007 | 51 | #2,476 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 69 | #1,947 | 0.03 |
| 2005 | 64 | #1,963 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 69 | #1,801 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 62 | #1,886 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 55 | #1,994 | 0.03 |
| 2001 | 54 | #1,979 | 0.03 |
| 2000 | 50 | #2,013 | 0.03 |
| 1999 | 68 | #1,590 | 0.04 |
| 1998 | 49 | #1,956 | 0.03 |
| 1997 | 58 | #1,690 | 0.03 |
| 1996 | 70 | #1,452 | 0.04 |
| 1995 | 75 | #1,354 | 0.04 |
| 1994 | 92 | #1,196 | 0.05 |
| 1993 | 73 | #1,328 | 0.04 |
| 1992 | 90 | #1,160 | 0.05 |
| 1991 | 99 | #1,089 | 0.05 |
| 1990 | 109 | #1,009 | 0.05 |
| 1989 | 104 | #1,000 | 0.05 |
| 1988 | 115 | #889 | 0.06 |
| 1987 | 109 | #895 | 0.06 |
| 1986 | 123 | #816 | 0.07 |
| 1985 | 134 | #764 | 0.07 |
| 1984 | 142 | #731 | 0.08 |
| 1983 | 148 | #703 | 0.08 |
| 1982 | 157 | #692 | 0.09 |
| 1981 | 167 | #663 | 0.09 |
| 1980 | 177 | #651 | 0.10 |
| 1979 | 191 | #618 | 0.11 |
| 1978 | 190 | #605 | 0.12 |
| 1977 | 187 | #614 | 0.11 |
| 1976 | 202 | #571 | 0.13 |
| 1975 | 202 | #568 | 0.13 |
| 1974 | 216 | #547 | 0.14 |
| 1973 | 230 | #518 | 0.15 |
| 1972 | 265 | #482 | 0.16 |
| 1971 | 320 | #454 | 0.18 |
| 1970 | 337 | #447 | 0.18 |
| 1969 | 319 | #441 | 0.18 |
| 1968 | 315 | #434 | 0.18 |
| 1967 | 275 | #453 | 0.16 |
| 1966 | 302 | #438 | 0.17 |
| 1965 | 309 | #438 | 0.17 |
| 1964 | 392 | #402 | 0.20 |
| 1963 | 410 | #396 | 0.20 |
| 1962 | 390 | #406 | 0.19 |
| 1961 | 397 | #398 | 0.19 |
| 1960 | 446 | #375 | 0.21 |
| 1959 | 483 | #355 | 0.23 |
| 1958 | 467 | #354 | 0.22 |
| 1957 | 551 | #329 | 0.26 |
| 1956 | 546 | #319 | 0.26 |
| 1955 | 579 | #302 | 0.28 |
| 1954 | 541 | #308 | 0.27 |
| 1953 | 593 | #288 | 0.30 |
| 1952 | 589 | #289 | 0.30 |
| 1951 | 588 | #281 | 0.31 |
| 1950 | 553 | #286 | 0.31 |
| 1949 | 630 | #258 | 0.36 |
| 1948 | 660 | #251 | 0.38 |
| 1947 | 676 | #253 | 0.37 |
| 1946 | 622 | #250 | 0.38 |
| 1945 | 544 | #245 | 0.40 |
| 1944 | 621 | #220 | 0.46 |
| 1943 | 614 | #234 | 0.43 |
| 1942 | 678 | #216 | 0.49 |
| 1941 | 657 | #207 | 0.53 |
| 1940 | 602 | #213 | 0.52 |
| 1939 | 621 | #202 | 0.56 |
| 1938 | 577 | #214 | 0.52 |
| 1937 | 648 | #196 | 0.61 |
| 1936 | 648 | #191 | 0.62 |
| 1935 | 680 | #189 | 0.65 |
| 1934 | 658 | #192 | 0.64 |
| 1933 | 660 | #186 | 0.67 |
| 1932 | 714 | #186 | 0.68 |
| 1931 | 758 | #177 | 0.73 |
| 1930 | 768 | #179 | 0.70 |
| 1929 | 732 | #187 | 0.68 |
| 1928 | 860 | #169 | 0.78 |
| 1927 | 849 | #175 | 0.75 |
| 1926 | 920 | #162 | 0.83 |
| 1925 | 917 | #163 | 0.82 |
| 1924 | 1,037 | #154 | 0.92 |
| 1923 | 939 | #162 | 0.86 |
| 1922 | 1,023 | #150 | 0.94 |
| 1921 | 979 | #155 | 0.89 |
| 1920 | 1,037 | #145 | 1.0 |
| 1919 | 1,020 | #142 | 1.0 |
| 1918 | 1,110 | #138 | 1.1 |
| 1917 | 939 | #142 | 1.0 |
| 1916 | 806 | #152 | 0.91 |
| 1915 | 794 | #151 | 0.94 |
| 1914 | 648 | #145 | 1.0 |
| 1913 | 583 | #134 | 1.1 |
| 1912 | 496 | #130 | 1.2 |
| 1911 | 272 | #127 | 1.2 |
| 1910 | 265 | #119 | 1.4 |
| 1909 | 235 | #118 | 1.4 |
| 1908 | 223 | #115 | 1.4 |
| 1907 | 250 | #98 | 1.7 |
| 1906 | 216 | #99 | 1.6 |
| 1905 | 184 | #116 | 1.4 |
| 1904 | 185 | #113 | 1.4 |
| 1903 | 192 | #102 | 1.6 |
| 1902 | 186 | #103 | 1.5 |
| 1901 | 161 | #105 | 1.5 |
| 1900 | 216 | #109 | 1.4 |
| 1899 | 177 | #99 | 1.7 |
| 1898 | 222 | #92 | 1.8 |
| 1897 | 190 | #95 | 1.7 |
| 1896 | 230 | #88 | 1.9 |
| 1895 | 212 | #89 | 1.8 |
| 1894 | 207 | #92 | 1.8 |
| 1893 | 194 | #93 | 1.7 |
| 1892 | 214 | #91 | 1.8 |
| 1891 | 201 | #79 | 2.0 |
| 1890 | 221 | #79 | 2.0 |
| 1889 | 195 | #90 | 1.8 |
| 1888 | 191 | #96 | 1.6 |
| 1887 | 184 | #85 | 1.8 |
| 1886 | 175 | #92 | 1.6 |
| 1885 | 196 | #85 | 1.8 |
| 1884 | 206 | #82 | 1.8 |
| 1883 | 166 | #84 | 1.6 |
| 1882 | 195 | #82 | 1.7 |
| 1881 | 125 | #101 | 1.2 |
| 1880 | 183 | #83 | 1.7 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Archie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 57,535 Americans recorded as Archie, 2% are girls and 98% boys. In 2025 it went to 5 girls and 1,129 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Archie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Archie, and how old are they?
21,900 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 38% of the 57,535 Americans ever recorded as Archie. The median Archie alive today is 54 years old; half are between 7 and 72.
The 2020 Census counted 16,983 people named Archie (372 women and girls, 16,611 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 19,970 born in the U.S. The Census count is 15% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 2,310 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 6,670 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 3,560 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,710 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,040 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 6,610 |
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 Archie born?
The states with the most babies named Archie are Texas, North Carolina and Mississippi, with 21% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Mississippi is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 4,046 | #386 | 1.2× |
| North Carolina | 3,514 | #331 | 2.1× |
| Mississippi | 2,168 | #217 | 2.4× |
| California | 2,124 | #390 | 0.6× |
| Alabama | 1,999 | #261 | 1.6× |
| South Carolina | 1,864 | #503 | 1.9× |
| Georgia | 1,826 | #357 | 1.2× |
| Virginia | 1,703 | #366 | 1.4× |
| Louisiana | 1,667 | #182 | 1.6× |
| New York | 1,667 | #359 | 0.4× |
Where Archie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Archie is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 2.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
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 Archie 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 Archie
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.
More about Archie and names like it
- Compare Archie and HardyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sArchie peaked in 1918.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Archie since 1910.
- Germanic namesWiktionary’s origin for Archie: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Archie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Archie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with AMost given first.