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How popular is the name Achilles?
Births per year, rank history and how many Achilleses are alive today.
Achilles (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 3684th in 2025 and given to 5 babies. The name peaked in 2022, when 13 babies were given the name, the 1782nd most popular that year. It has declined since 2022; the 2025 figure is roughly 38% of its peak.
The Achilles you are most likely to meet is around 3 years old. Half of all Achilleses born in England and Wales are between 4 and 17, and there are at least 140 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Achilles - on average, only one in every 2,165 such rooms contains a Achilles.
How many babies are named Achilles each year?
Where does Achilles rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Achilles most popular?
Achilles peaked in 2022, when 13 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Achilles?
At least 140 people named Achilles born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Achilles?
Most living Achilleses are between 4 and 17; the most common age is about 3.
Is Achilles becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2022 peak.