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Archie

Say it AR-chee 2 syllables

English · “pure, genuine + bold, strong”

Loved in Scotland. Common in England and Wales, Ireland, Northern Ireland, and 5 more places. Rare in France, Italy, Poland, and 17 more places.

1 in 110 boys born in England and Wales in 2025. Number 11 there.

Archie in every place

Rank, count and share in all 40 places: loved in 1, common in 8, rare in 20.
Archie in every place we hold figures for
Place Rankyear Boysshare 5 years earlier
British Isles
England and Wales11 (down)20252,4651 in 11092020
Scotland8 (up)20252221 in 88102020
Northern Ireland15 (up)2025811 in 102182020
Ireland46 (up)20251131 in 210592020
North America
Ontario (province)261 (up)202452about 1 in 1,1516642019
Quebec (province)385 (up)202512about 1 in 2,4215762020
British Columbia (province)218 (up)202316about 1 in 8145982018
Nova Scotia (province)Not in the published top 212025Not listed2020
Oceania
New South Wales (state)26 (down)2025199182020
Victoria (state)14 (down)2025264102020
Queensland (state)122025216122020
South Australia (state)19 (down)202556112020
New Zealand19 (up)2025117212020
Western Europe
France920 (up)2025401 in 7,5671,7932020
Netherlands420 (up)202535about 1 in 1,9018022020
Central Europe
Austria1,842 (down)202511 in 38,0671,2092020
Switzerland882 (up)202571 in 5,1431,0912020
Berlin (city)Rare: below the complete list2023Not listed2018
Munich (city)Rare: below the complete list2025Not listed2020
Cologne (city)659 (up)20231about 1 in 6,3789802018
Bonn (city)Rare: below the complete list2025Not listed2020
Leipzig (city)389 (up)20251about 1 in 2,8764032020
Rostock (city)Rare: below the complete list2025Not listed2020
Nordic countries
NorwayRare: below the complete list2025Not listed2020
Sweden834 (new in the list)20255about 1 in 8,626Not listed2020
DenmarkNot in the published top 502025Not listed2020
FinlandNot in the published top 502025No list2020
IcelandNot in the published top 102025No list2020
Southern Europe
SpainNot in the published top 1002024Not listed2019
Catalonia (region)640 (new in the list)202541 in 5,176Not listed2020
Italy2,875 (new in the list)202421 in 94,679Not listed2019
Central and Eastern Europe
Poland581 (up)202531 in 42,1355822020
HungaryNot in the published top 1002025Not listed2020
SloveniaRare: below the complete list2025Not listed2020
EstoniaNot in the published top 272025Not listed2020
Moscow (city)Not in the published top 612025Not listed2020
CroatiaNot in the published top 502025No list2020
Middle East
TurkeyNot in the published top 302025Not listed2020
IsraelRare: below the complete list2024Not listed2019
Latin America
ArgentinaNot in the published top 202024Not listed2019

Germany publishes no national list; the German rows are city registers. About: the publisher leaves out its smallest names, so the share is approximate. ▲ and ▼ compare the rank with five years earlier. Not listed five years earlier: not in that year’s list. No list: the place published no list that year. How these figures are computed.

About the name

Archie began as a clipped, affectionate form of Archibald and is now used as a name on its own. Archibald came through Old French from a Germanic compound of two words, one meaning "pure, genuine" and the other "bold, strong".

2 more paragraphs

In speech it is AR-chee, short and sturdy, with a cheerful -ie ending. Archibald remains the formal choice for families who want a longer name on the birth certificate, and Eairdsidh is a Gaelic form.

Archie is a top-10 name in Scotland and sits just outside the top ten in England and Wales and in Queensland. It is rising in several places and falling in none. In Canada it is an old name that was at its height in the 1920s, so its current popularity in Britain and Australia is a genuine comeback.

Meaning, origin and how to say it

Say it
AR-chee · 2 syllables · Stress on beat 1 of 2.
Meaning
“pure, genuine + bold, strong”
Origin
English and Germanic
Related names
Archibald, Eairdsidh
Where Archie comes from (Wiktionary)

Clipping of Archibald + -ie, also used as a formal given name. Archibald is from Old French Archaunbault, from Proto-West Germanic *Erknabalth: *erkn "pure, holy, genuine, precious" + *balth "strong, bold".

Shortened from the Wiktionary entry for Archie. Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Archie over time

Rising in 5 of the 14 regions we can compare over five years, falling in 0. Peak in Ontario and British Columbia: 1926.

Rank in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025

Archie in England and Wales: #192 in 1996, a peak of #9 in 2020, and #11 in 2025.

#1#10#50#100#300200020052010201520202025Top 101996: #192, 169 boys1997: #141, 256 boys1998: #120, 373 boys1999: #108, 451 boys2000: #81, 643 boys2001: #60, 969 boys2002: #55, 1,165 boys2003: #50, 1,216 boys2004: #45, 1,512 boys2005: #38, 1,685 boys2006: #40, 1,739 boys2007: #33, 1,948 boys2008: #31, 2,316 boys2009: #20, 3,069 boys2010: #24, 2,692 boys2011: #24, 2,805 boys2012: #23, 3,062 boys2013: #16, 3,265 boys2014: #17, 3,099 boys2015: #19, 2,912 boys2016: #18, 2,791 boys2017: #18, 2,803 boys2018: #16, 2,950 boys2019: #19, 2,544 boys2020: #9, 2,944 boys2021: #9, 2,928 boys2022: #11, 2,684 boys2023: #13, 2,400 boys2024: #10, 2,575 boys2025: #11, 2,465 boys#192 in 1996peak #9, 2020#11in 2025
Show the numbers
YearRankBoys
1996192169
1997141256
1998120373
1999108451
200081643
200160969
2002551,165
2003501,216
2004451,512
2005381,685
2006401,739
2007331,948
2008312,316
2009203,069
2010242,692
2011242,805
2012233,062
2013163,265
2014173,099
2015192,912
2016182,791
2017182,803
2018162,950
2019192,544
202092,944
202192,928
2022112,684
2023132,400
2024102,575
2025112,465

Source: Office for National Statistics (OGL v3)

The long view: in Ontario and British Columbia

Half of the boys named Archie in Ontario and British Columbia since 1925 were born in or after 1954. Peak: 1926, about 107 per 100,000 boys. Babies per 100,000 boys, five-year periods.

1925-1929: 81.2 per 100,000 boys1930-1934: 49.1 per 100,000 boys1935-1939: 43.6 per 100,000 boys1940-1944: 35.5 per 100,000 boys19401945-1949: 25.8 per 100,000 boys1950-1954: 18.7 per 100,000 boys1955-1959: 11.8 per 100,000 boys1960-1964: 9.6 per 100,000 boys19601965-1969: 7.3 per 100,000 boys1970-1974: 4.9 per 100,000 boys1975-1979: 0 per 100,000 boys1980-1984: 0 per 100,000 boys19801985-1989: 0 per 100,000 boys1990-1994: 0 per 100,000 boys1995-1999: 0 per 100,000 boys2000-2004: 0 per 100,000 boys20002005-2009: 0 per 100,000 boys2010-2014: 6.6 per 100,000 boys2015-2019: 21.4 per 100,000 boys2020-2024: 81.4 per 100,000 boys20202020-2024: about 1 in 1,228 boys
Show the numbers
YearsPer 100,000 boys
1925–192981.2
1930–193449.1
1935–193943.6
1940–194435.5
1945–194925.8
1950–195418.7
1955–195911.8
1960–19649.6
1965–19697.3
1970–19744.9
1975–19790
1980–19840
1985–19890
1990–19940
1995–19990
2000–20040
2005–20090
2010–20146.6
2015–201921.4
2020–202481.4

Source: Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (OGL-Ontario); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (OGL-BC). Dark bar: the period holding the median birth year.

Brothers and middle names for Archie

Brother names

Names that rose and fell with Archie, from the same generation, with no clashing sounds.

  1. 1 in 92, Northern Ireland

  2. 1 in 88, England and Wales

  3. 1 in 731, England and Wales

  4. 1 in 196, Scotland

  5. 1 in 226, England and Wales

  6. 1 in 118, England and Wales

  7. 1 in 731, England and Wales

  8. 1 in 249, Scotland

  9. 1 in 449, England and Wales

  10. 1 in 139, Ireland

All 40 brother names for Archie

Middle names

Scored for rhythm against Archie's 2 syllables and for long, steady use.

  1. 1 in 50, Ireland

  2. 1 in 61, Northern Ireland

  3. 1 in 103, England and Wales

  4. 1 in 62, Poland

  5. 1 in 86, England and Wales

  6. 1 in 88, England and Wales

  7. 1 in 137, Scotland

  8. 1 in 224, Northern Ireland

Full-name check

Archie Jack

Syllables 2-1Initials A.J.No sound clashes between the parts.

All 40 middle names for Archie

Sisters for Archie: Evelyn, Harriet, Olive, and 5 more
  1. EvelynRose and fell with Archie · As common as Archie
  2. HarrietRose and fell with Archie · Same generation as Archie
  3. OliveRose and fell with Archie · English, like Archie
  4. DaisyRose and fell with Archie · English, like Archie
  5. EleanorRose and fell with Archie · Same generation as Archie
  6. WillowRose and fell with Archie · As common as Archie
  7. IvyRose and fell with Archie · As common as Archie
  8. HarperRose and fell with Archie · As common as Archie

Girls' names from the same engine, over the girls' lists of the same publishers.

Moved with Archie

The boy names whose popularity rose and fell most like Archie's across every region and decade we hold.

  1. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  2. Rare in France, Italy, Poland, and 16 more places.

  3. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  4. Rare in France, Italy, Poland, and 16 more places.

  5. Rare in France, Italy, Poland, and 17 more places.

  6. Common across France, England and Wales, three Canadian provinces, and 8 more places.

  7. Rare in France, England and Wales, Italy, and 18 more places.

  8. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 17 more places.

Famous people named Archie

Archie Thompson, Archie Shepp, and 6 more

From Wikidata, ranked by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article on them. People: Wikidata (CC0). Links go to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists, else English.

Questions about Archie

How popular is Archie in Scotland?

Archie ranked #8 in Scotland in 2025, given to 222 boys, about 1 in 88.

Is Archie rising in popularity?

In some places: it is rising in more of them than it is falling. Rising in 5 of the 14 regions we can compare over five years, falling in 0. Rising in: British Columbia, Ontario, France, Netherlands, and Quebec.

What does Archie mean?

Archie means “pure, genuine + bold, strong”, according to Wiktionary.

How many syllables does Archie have?

Archie has 2 syllables: AR-chee.

Every rank and count on this page comes from an official birth register. How these figures are computed.

Meanings, origins and people: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikidata (CC0).

The 42 birth registers behind these figures

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