# Archimedes (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/archimedes/  
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 | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˌɑːɹkɪˈmiːdiːz/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Arkhimedes |
| US babies named this | 196 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 196 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 17, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Archimēdēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀρχιμήδης (Arkhimḗdēs).

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 9,677 |
| 2012 | 5 | 12,408 |
| 2013 | 8 | 8,852 |
| 2014 | 10 | 7,589 |
| 2015 | 10 | 7,534 |
| 2016 | 12 | 6,755 |
| 2017 | 16 | 5,540 |
| 2018 | 17 | 5,336 |
| 2019 | 8 | 8,961 |
| 2020 | 15 | 5,726 |
| 2021 | 12 | 6,734 |
| 2022 | 13 | 6,508 |
| 2023 | 19 | 5,084 |
| 2024 | 17 | 5,457 |
| 2025 | 14 | 6,168 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: أَرْخِمِيدَس, أَرْشِمِيدَس m)
- Armenian: Արքիմեդ
- Chinese: 阿基米德
- Czech: Archimédes
- Esperanto: Arkimedo, Arĥimedo
- Finnish: Arkhimedes
- French: Archimède
- German: Archimedes
- Greek: Αρχιμήδης
- Hebrew: אַרְכִימֶדֶס
- Hungarian: Arkhimédész
- Italian: Archimede
- Japanese: アルキメデス
- Korean: 아르키메데스
- Latin: Archimēdēs
- Polish: Archimedes
- Portuguese: Arquimedes
- Romanian: Arhimede
- Russian: Архиме́д
- Spanish: Arquímedes

## 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.