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Archer: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 3,627 in 2025. Its best rank was #98 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. About 99% of babies named Archer in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#98 for US boys in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Archer: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 3,627 boys in 2025. Peak: #98 in 2025 · most boys in one year: 3,627 (2025).
In 2025, 3,627 US boys were named Archer, making it the 98th most common boys’ name of the year, up 17 places from #115 in 2024. That is 525 more than the 3,102 boys named Archer in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #98, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most boys given the name: 3,627. For comparison, it was #289 in 2015 and #1,941 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Archer in 119 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 9 babies. In all, 31,803 US babies have been given the name, 1.3% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 17,747 babies named Archer.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 23,892 US boys were named Archer; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 3,627. In 2025 that was about 1 in 471 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Archer ranked highest in South Dakota in 2025, at #26 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 33 states (counting DC).
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 2 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | 26 | #26 | #203 |
| North Dakota | 24 | #27 | #161 |
| Minnesota | 121 | #30 | #198 |
| Montana | 27 | #30 | #207 |
| Vermont | 10 | #37 | — |
| West Virginia | 32 | #44 | #331 |
| Iowa | 61 | #45 | #160 |
| Wisconsin | 104 | #45 | #153 |
| Utah | 87 | #47 | #183 |
| Missouri | 112 | #49 | #164 |
| Nebraska | 40 | #49 | #179 |
| Idaho | 35 | #53 | #96 |
| Arkansas | 51 | #54 | #213 |
| Indiana | 120 | #56 | #211 |
| Ohio | 182 | #57 | #263 |
| Colorado | 98 | #58 | #217 |
| Tennessee | 128 | #59 | #284 |
| Maine | 18 | #61 | — |
| Oklahoma | 63 | #61 | #287 |
| Kansas | 48 | #70 | #225 |
| Michigan | 125 | #71 | #296 |
| New Hampshire | 19 | #80 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 142 | #85 | #283 |
| Oregon | 44 | #85 | #143 |
| Alabama | 59 | #86 | #519 |
| Illinois | 134 | #86 | #246 |
| Kentucky | 55 | #92 | #270 |
| Alaska | 8 | #95 | #199 |
| Louisiana | 50 | #97 | #314 |
| Washington | 79 | #97 | #160 |
| Connecticut | 37 | #97 | #301 |
| Mississippi | 29 | #98 | — |
| North Carolina | 125 | #99 | #330 |
| Delaware | 10 | #101 | — |
| South Carolina | 51 | #102 | #443 |
| Georgia | 111 | #102 | #343 |
| Virginia | 82 | #102 | #347 |
| Arizona | 72 | #119 | #252 |
| Florida | 178 | #120 | #330 |
| Maryland | 45 | #133 | #495 |
| Nevada | 22 | #140 | #397 |
| District of Columbia | 6 | #140 | — |
| Texas | 270 | #141 | #339 |
| New York | 135 | #145 | #421 |
| Massachusetts | 49 | #146 | #444 |
| California | 231 | #168 | #330 |
| Hawaii | 6 | #180 | #277 |
| New Jersey | 52 | #189 | #515 |
| New Mexico | 6 | #315 | #317 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #4,890 | 3,627 | #98 |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,170 | 3,102 | #115 |
| 2023 | 29 | #4,667 | 2,834 | #129 |
| 2022 | 31 | #4,484 | 2,922 | #126 |
| 2021 | 35 | #4,105 | 2,732 | #139 |
| 2020 | 34 | #4,089 | 2,349 | #160 |
| 2019 | 31 | #4,447 | 1,884 | #206 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,171 | 1,594 | #240 |
| 2017 | 31 | #4,488 | 1,463 | #254 |
| 2016 | 33 | #4,355 | 1,385 | #263 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,051 | 1,275 | #289 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,745 | 1,183 | #301 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,844 | 899 | #353 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,166 | 721 | #406 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,247 | 607 | #446 |
| 2010 | 6 | #15,162 | 458 | #551 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,446 | 355 | #683 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,614 | 183 | #1,037 |
| 2007 | — | — | 159 | #1,129 |
| 2006 | — | — | 104 | #1,467 |
| 2005 | — | — | 104 | #1,411 |
| 2004 | — | — | 96 | #1,446 |
| 2003 | — | — | 62 | #1,888 |
| 2002 | — | — | 62 | #1,833 |
| 2001 | — | — | 41 | #2,389 |
| 2000 | — | — | 29 | #3,000 |
| 1999 | — | — | 38 | #2,352 |
| 1998 | — | — | 16 | #4,212 |
| 1997 | — | — | 13 | #4,680 |
| 1996 | — | — | 14 | #4,411 |
| 1995 | — | — | 11 | #5,143 |
| 1994 | — | — | 8 | #6,414 |
| 1993 | — | — | 8 | #6,260 |
| 1992 | — | — | 6 | #7,479 |
| 1991 | — | — | 7 | #6,559 |
| 1990 | — | — | 6 | #7,230 |
| 1989 | — | — | 6 | #7,001 |
| 1988 | — | — | 6 | #6,474 |
| 1982 | — | — | 5 | #6,430 |
| 1979 | — | — | 5 | #6,111 |
| 1975 | — | — | 5 | #5,513 |
| 1974 | — | — | 5 | #5,266 |
| 1973 | — | — | 5 | #5,148 |
| 1972 | — | — | 8 | #3,639 |
| 1971 | — | — | 10 | #3,156 |
| 1970 | — | — | 11 | #2,901 |
| 1969 | — | — | 8 | #3,324 |
| 1967 | — | — | 11 | #2,478 |
| 1966 | — | — | 8 | #2,996 |
| 1965 | — | — | 5 | #3,951 |
| 1964 | — | — | 11 | #2,550 |
| 1963 | — | — | 11 | #2,543 |
| 1962 | — | — | 12 | #2,370 |
| 1961 | — | — | 10 | #2,712 |
| 1960 | — | — | 7 | #3,358 |
| 1959 | — | — | 12 | #2,420 |
| 1958 | — | — | 9 | #2,827 |
| 1957 | — | — | 10 | #2,642 |
| 1956 | — | — | 10 | #2,633 |
| 1955 | — | — | 14 | #2,148 |
| 1954 | — | — | 13 | #2,212 |
| 1953 | — | — | 11 | #2,399 |
| 1952 | — | — | 11 | #2,379 |
| 1951 | — | — | 16 | #1,909 |
| 1950 | — | — | 15 | #1,941 |
| 1949 | — | — | 10 | #2,461 |
| 1948 | — | — | 10 | #2,447 |
| 1947 | — | — | 18 | #1,788 |
| 1946 | — | — | 12 | #2,152 |
| 1945 | — | — | 18 | #1,584 |
| 1944 | — | — | 13 | #1,991 |
| 1943 | — | — | 15 | #1,911 |
| 1942 | — | — | 13 | #2,046 |
| 1941 | — | — | 15 | #1,825 |
| 1940 | — | — | 10 | #2,331 |
| 1939 | — | — | 10 | #2,291 |
| 1938 | — | — | 8 | #2,661 |
| 1937 | — | — | 18 | #1,631 |
| 1936 | — | — | 13 | #1,965 |
| 1935 | — | — | 12 | #2,130 |
| 1934 | — | — | 15 | #1,863 |
| 1933 | — | — | 9 | #2,551 |
| 1932 | — | — | 14 | #2,002 |
| 1931 | — | — | 8 | #2,875 |
| 1930 | — | — | 14 | #2,085 |
| 1929 | — | — | 14 | #2,101 |
| 1928 | — | — | 16 | #1,962 |
| 1927 | — | — | 16 | #2,042 |
| 1926 | — | — | 25 | #1,471 |
| 1925 | — | — | 18 | #1,875 |
| 1924 | — | — | 25 | #1,533 |
| 1923 | — | — | 25 | #1,504 |
| 1922 | — | — | 18 | #1,890 |
| 1921 | — | — | 38 | #1,159 |
| 1920 | — | — | 26 | #1,459 |
| 1919 | — | — | 38 | #1,123 |
| 1918 | — | — | 35 | #1,173 |
| 1917 | — | — | 24 | #1,444 |
| 1916 | — | — | 24 | #1,417 |
| 1915 | — | — | 25 | #1,343 |
| 1914 | — | — | 13 | #1,782 |
| 1913 | — | — | 9 | #1,953 |
| 1912 | — | — | 13 | #1,358 |
| 1911 | — | — | 5 | #1,753 |
| 1910 | — | — | 6 | #1,431 |
| 1909 | — | — | 7 | #1,158 |
| 1907 | — | — | 7 | #1,098 |
| 1906 | — | — | 6 | #1,117 |
| 1902 | — | — | 5 | #1,148 |
| 1894 | — | — | 5 | #1,086 |
| 1893 | — | — | 5 | #1,042 |
| 1889 | — | — | 5 | #980 |
| 1888 | — | — | 10 | #651 |
| 1887 | — | — | 9 | #632 |
| 1885 | — | — | 5 | #944 |
| 1884 | — | — | 7 | #772 |
| 1882 | — | — | 8 | #700 |
| 1881 | — | — | 8 | #655 |
| 1880 | — | — | 9 | #642 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).