# Archer (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/archer/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɑɹ.t͡ʃɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 31,803 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 31,391 / 412 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,510, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 8,247 |
| 2012 | 12 | 9,166 |
| 2013 | 22 | 5,844 |
| 2014 | 18 | 6,745 |
| 2015 | 21 | 6,051 |
| 2016 | 33 | 4,355 |
| 2017 | 31 | 4,488 |
| 2018 | 25 | 5,171 |
| 2019 | 31 | 4,447 |
| 2020 | 34 | 4,089 |
| 2021 | 35 | 4,105 |
| 2022 | 31 | 4,484 |
| 2023 | 29 | 4,667 |
| 2024 | 25 | 5,170 |
| 2025 | 27 | 4,890 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 607 | 446 |
| 2012 | 721 | 406 |
| 2013 | 899 | 353 |
| 2014 | 1,183 | 301 |
| 2015 | 1,275 | 289 |
| 2016 | 1,385 | 263 |
| 2017 | 1,463 | 254 |
| 2018 | 1,594 | 240 |
| 2019 | 1,884 | 206 |
| 2020 | 2,349 | 160 |
| 2021 | 2,732 | 139 |
| 2022 | 2,922 | 126 |
| 2023 | 2,834 | 129 |
| 2024 | 3,102 | 115 |
| 2025 | 3,627 | 98 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 44 | 718 |
| 2012 | 79 | 484 |
| 2013 | 100 | 407 |
| 2014 | 116 | 359 |
| 2015 | 139 | 337 |
| 2016 | 174 | 290 |
| 2017 | 240 | 222 |
| 2018 | 269 | 196 |
| 2019 | 282 | 186 |
| 2020 | 305 | 172 |
| 2021 | 308 | 174 |
| 2022 | 303 | 169 |
| 2023 | 294 | 174 |
| 2024 | 292 | 173 |
| 2025 | 354 | 152 |

## People named Archer

- Archer John Porter Martin, British chemist (1910–2002)
- Archer Blood, American diplomat (1923–2004)
- Archer Maclean, British video game programmer (1962–2022)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.