Boys' name · since 2007
Archimedes
196 babies named Archimedes in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,084 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,366 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 196
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Archimedes currently ranks #6366 among boys' names in America, with 196 babies recorded since 2007.
Archimedes has 196 recorded births among boys since 2007, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6366 as of the latest data, more common than 54% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2025.
- #13,084 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,366 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 196 born since 2007
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Archimedes ranks #13,084 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,366 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 196 born since 2007, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13,084 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,366 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 196
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Archimedes's 196 recorded births place it above 71.16% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Archimedes compares
196 38th percentile among 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
Archimedes's all-time total is 47% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Archimedes | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 196 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 34 | 22,252 |
Archimedes's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Archimedes's full recorded timeline at 2017, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2012, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Archimedes popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Archimedes by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (93 births, 47% of the file).
2010s was Archimedes's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Archimedes births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 13
2000s
13 births
- 2010s
2010s
93 births
- 2020s
2020s
90 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 93 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Archimedes's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (93 total births) through the 2020s (90) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Archimedes: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~18 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, 2007–2025 (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 Archimedes 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.