# Archie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/archie/  
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 | “anti-aircraft artillery”, “archibald”, “certainly not” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɑɹt͡ʃi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Archy |
| US babies named this | 57,535 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 56,244 / 1,291 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 62,430, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Clipping of Archibald + -ie. The sense “anti-aircraft artillery” is said to be from airmen dodging hostile fire and shouting “Archibald, certainly not”, the refrain of a then popular music hall song of the same name first performed by George Robey in 1911. This habit probably originated with the pilot and commander Amyas Borton (1886–1969).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 13 | 3,333 |
| 1957 | 8 | 4,553 |
| 1959 | 10 | 4,039 |
| 1960 | 8 | 4,786 |
| 1961 | 5 | 6,618 |
| 1963 | 11 | 4,031 |
| 1966 | 8 | 4,889 |
| 1969 | 7 | 6,004 |
| 1971 | 6 | 7,434 |
| 1974 | 5 | 8,855 |
| 2019 | 5 | 15,788 |
| 2020 | 8 | 11,199 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11,245 |
| 2022 | 6 | 13,766 |
| 2025 | 5 | 15,171 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 73 | 1,906 |
| 2012 | 93 | 1,658 |
| 2013 | 83 | 1,756 |
| 2014 | 110 | 1,473 |
| 2015 | 146 | 1,245 |
| 2016 | 133 | 1,340 |
| 2017 | 161 | 1,164 |
| 2018 | 210 | 984 |
| 2019 | 384 | 674 |
| 2020 | 635 | 468 |
| 2021 | 784 | 400 |
| 2022 | 864 | 375 |
| 2023 | 946 | 347 |
| 2024 | 1,040 | 332 |
| 2025 | 1,129 | 301 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,805 | 24 |
| 2012 | 3,062 | 23 |
| 2013 | 3,265 | 16 |
| 2014 | 3,099 | 17 |
| 2015 | 2,912 | 19 |
| 2016 | 2,791 | 18 |
| 2017 | 2,803 | 18 |
| 2018 | 2,950 | 16 |
| 2019 | 2,544 | 19 |
| 2020 | 2,944 | 9 |
| 2021 | 2,928 | 9 |
| 2022 | 2,684 | 11 |
| 2023 | 2,400 | 13 |
| 2024 | 2,575 | 10 |
| 2025 | 2,465 | 11 |

## People named Archie

- Archie Panjabi, British actress (born 1972)
- Archie Thompson, Australian association football player
- Archie Shepp, American jazz musician
- Archie Hahn, German-American athlete
- Archie Gray, English association football player
- Archie Moore, American boxer (1913-1998)
- Archie Kao, American actor
- Archie Williams, American sprinter and mathematics teacher (1915–1993)
- Archie Stark, American soccer player (1897-1985)
- Archie Renaux, English actor and model
- Archie Goodwin, American basketball player (born 1994)
- Archie Madekwe, British actor

## 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.