Archer

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Archer is ranked 115th among boys in 2024 (3,093 births). Its best rank was 115th, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #115up 14 from 2023
Births in 2024: 3,0930.18% of boys
Peak year: 20243,093 births
Best rank: #115in 2024
Since 1880: 27,750people given the name

Babies named Archer, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

27,750 boys have been named Archer in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 3,093 births — 0.18% of all boys recorded that year.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2020, and the 2020s alone account for 50%. It has spent 24 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Archer
1880s	61
1890s	10
1900s	25
1910s	192
1920s	221
1930s	121
1940s	134
1950s	121
1960s	83
1970s	49
1980s	17
1990s	127
2000s	1,195
2010s	11,467
2020s	13,927

In 2024, its biggest year

Archer was the 115th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Archer

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.