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How popular is the name Archie?
Births per year, rank history and how many Archies are alive today.
Archie is one of the ten most popular boys' names in England and Wales, ranked 10th in 2024 with 2,575 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2013, when 3,265 babies were given the name, the 16th most popular that year. Numbers have been stable in recent years. At least 59,000 babies have been named Archie in England and Wales since 1996.
The Archie you are most likely to meet is around 13 years old. Half of all Archies born in England and Wales are between 7 and 18, and there are at least 60,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 18% chance that at least one of them will be called Archie.
How many babies are named Archie each year?
Where does Archie 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 Archie most popular?
Archie peaked in 2013, when 3,265 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Archie?
At least 60,000 people named Archie born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Archie?
Most living Archies are between 7 and 18; the most common age is about 13.
Is Archie becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.