Meaning not yet researched.
Archibald: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 184 in 2025. Its best rank was #279 in 1890.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #279 in 1890; #1,145 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Archibald in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,145 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1890, at #279.
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Archibald: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 184 boys in 2025. Peak: #279 in 1890 · most boys in one year: 184 (2025).
In 2025, 184 US boys were named Archibald, making it the 1,145th most common boys’ name of the year, up 31 places from #1,176 in 2024. That is 8 more than the 176 boys named Archibald in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #279, reached in 1890. The most boys given the name in a single year was 184, in 2025. For comparison, it was #2,490 in 2015 and #1,816 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Archibald in 144 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 27 babies. In all, 3,985 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 853 babies named Archibald.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,094 US boys were named Archibald; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 184. In 2025 that was about 1 in 9,283 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Archibald ranked highest in Wisconsin in 2025, at #621 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Archie (57,535 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Archibaldo, Archiebald and Archibold are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Archie.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Archibaldo (40), Archiebald (10), Archibold (8).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 36 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 7 | #621 | — |
| Utah | 6 | #625 | — |
| Minnesota | 7 | #647 | — |
| Missouri | 8 | #652 | — |
| Massachusetts | 5 | #792 | — |
| New York | 16 | #847 | #1,853 |
| Virginia | 7 | #878 | — |
| Indiana | 5 | #954 | — |
| California | 21 | #1,015 | — |
| Illinois | 7 | #1,032 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 6 | #1,105 | #1,173 |
| Ohio | 6 | #1,117 | #1,215 |
| Michigan | 5 | #1,122 | — |
| Florida | 10 | #1,198 | — |
| Texas | 13 | #1,417 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 184 | #1,145 |
| 2024 | — | — | 176 | #1,176 |
| 2023 | — | — | 149 | #1,289 |
| 2022 | — | — | 148 | #1,289 |
| 2021 | — | — | 100 | #1,658 |
| 2020 | — | — | 96 | #1,657 |
| 2019 | — | — | 71 | #2,045 |
| 2018 | — | — | 70 | #2,050 |
| 2017 | — | — | 49 | #2,570 |
| 2016 | — | — | 51 | #2,479 |
| 2015 | — | — | 50 | #2,490 |
| 2014 | — | — | 46 | #2,626 |
| 2013 | — | — | 25 | #3,974 |
| 2012 | — | — | 34 | #3,237 |
| 2011 | — | — | 14 | #5,968 |
| 2010 | — | — | 23 | #4,247 |
| 2009 | — | — | 15 | #5,820 |
| 2008 | — | — | 10 | #7,734 |
| 2007 | — | — | 7 | #9,852 |
| 2006 | — | — | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2005 | — | — | 10 | #7,144 |
| 2004 | — | — | 9 | #7,570 |
| 2003 | — | — | 6 | #9,655 |
| 2002 | — | — | 8 | #7,694 |
| 2001 | — | — | 5 | #10,668 |
| 1999 | — | — | 7 | #7,929 |
| 1998 | — | — | 9 | #6,357 |
| 1996 | — | — | 11 | #5,210 |
| 1995 | — | — | 9 | #5,950 |
| 1994 | — | — | 6 | #7,837 |
| 1993 | — | — | 9 | #5,787 |
| 1992 | — | — | 10 | #5,260 |
| 1991 | — | — | 12 | #4,496 |
| 1990 | — | — | 12 | #4,423 |
| 1989 | — | — | 8 | #5,661 |
| 1988 | — | — | 5 | #7,352 |
| 1987 | — | — | 6 | #6,137 |
| 1986 | — | — | 10 | #4,147 |
| 1985 | — | — | 6 | #5,824 |
| 1984 | — | — | 6 | #5,605 |
| 1983 | — | — | 7 | #4,949 |
| 1982 | — | — | 12 | #3,497 |
| 1981 | — | — | 9 | #4,169 |
| 1980 | — | — | 15 | #2,971 |
| 1979 | — | — | 7 | #4,867 |
| 1978 | — | — | 7 | #4,585 |
| 1977 | — | — | 5 | #5,894 |
| 1976 | — | — | 7 | #4,452 |
| 1975 | — | — | 10 | #3,442 |
| 1974 | — | — | 9 | #3,574 |
| 1973 | — | — | 9 | #3,464 |
| 1972 | — | — | 9 | #3,364 |
| 1971 | — | — | 10 | #3,157 |
| 1970 | — | — | 8 | #3,536 |
| 1969 | — | — | 12 | #2,556 |
| 1968 | — | — | 13 | #2,319 |
| 1967 | — | — | 15 | #2,033 |
| 1966 | — | — | 8 | #2,997 |
| 1965 | — | — | 14 | #2,183 |
| 1964 | — | — | 6 | #3,619 |
| 1963 | — | — | 11 | #2,544 |
| 1962 | — | — | 8 | #3,054 |
| 1961 | — | — | 11 | #2,546 |
| 1960 | — | — | 9 | #2,879 |
| 1959 | — | — | 17 | #1,976 |
| 1958 | — | — | 9 | #2,828 |
| 1957 | — | — | 15 | #2,099 |
| 1956 | — | — | 24 | #1,610 |
| 1955 | — | — | 11 | #2,443 |
| 1954 | — | — | 18 | #1,829 |
| 1953 | — | — | 27 | #1,456 |
| 1952 | — | — | 25 | #1,520 |
| 1951 | — | — | 17 | #1,839 |
| 1950 | — | — | 17 | #1,816 |
| 1949 | — | — | 18 | #1,757 |
| 1948 | — | — | 13 | #2,119 |
| 1947 | — | — | 21 | #1,650 |
| 1946 | — | — | 17 | #1,762 |
| 1945 | — | — | 20 | #1,499 |
| 1944 | — | — | 12 | #2,082 |
| 1943 | — | — | 28 | #1,308 |
| 1942 | — | — | 17 | #1,733 |
| 1941 | — | — | 26 | #1,300 |
| 1940 | — | — | 23 | #1,400 |
| 1939 | — | — | 12 | #2,061 |
| 1938 | — | — | 12 | #2,088 |
| 1937 | — | — | 20 | #1,532 |
| 1936 | — | — | 19 | #1,546 |
| 1935 | — | — | 23 | #1,423 |
| 1934 | — | — | 21 | #1,502 |
| 1933 | — | — | 20 | #1,541 |
| 1932 | — | — | 27 | #1,325 |
| 1931 | — | — | 30 | #1,254 |
| 1930 | — | — | 32 | #1,259 |
| 1929 | — | — | 42 | #1,056 |
| 1928 | — | — | 40 | #1,112 |
| 1927 | — | — | 43 | #1,081 |
| 1926 | — | — | 39 | #1,144 |
| 1925 | — | — | 63 | #836 |
| 1924 | — | — | 61 | #887 |
| 1923 | — | — | 68 | #815 |
| 1922 | — | — | 59 | #906 |
| 1921 | — | — | 51 | #981 |
| 1920 | — | — | 60 | #887 |
| 1919 | — | — | 69 | #777 |
| 1918 | — | — | 55 | #895 |
| 1917 | — | — | 73 | #714 |
| 1916 | — | — | 61 | #790 |
| 1915 | — | — | 57 | #805 |
| 1914 | — | — | 48 | #758 |
| 1913 | — | — | 39 | #745 |
| 1912 | — | — | 52 | #556 |
| 1911 | — | — | 15 | #861 |
| 1910 | — | — | 17 | #729 |
| 1909 | — | — | 11 | #899 |
| 1908 | — | — | 19 | #588 |
| 1907 | — | — | 16 | #636 |
| 1906 | — | — | 16 | #591 |
| 1905 | — | — | 15 | #617 |
| 1904 | — | — | 16 | #567 |
| 1903 | — | — | 23 | #412 |
| 1902 | — | — | 18 | #509 |
| 1901 | — | — | 15 | #507 |
| 1900 | — | — | 14 | #682 |
| 1899 | — | — | 19 | #426 |
| 1898 | — | — | 21 | #437 |
| 1897 | — | — | 16 | #496 |
| 1896 | — | — | 17 | #503 |
| 1895 | — | — | 26 | #369 |
| 1894 | — | — | 25 | #367 |
| 1893 | — | — | 20 | #402 |
| 1892 | — | — | 37 | #303 |
| 1891 | — | — | 19 | #399 |
| 1890 | — | — | 38 | #279 |
| 1889 | — | — | 23 | #372 |
| 1888 | — | — | 22 | #398 |
| 1887 | — | — | 19 | #379 |
| 1886 | — | — | 30 | #312 |
| 1885 | — | — | 25 | #345 |
| 1884 | — | — | 29 | #326 |
| 1883 | — | — | 28 | #310 |
| 1882 | — | — | 30 | #313 |
| 1881 | — | — | 27 | #313 |
| 1880 | — | — | 27 | #326 |
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).