Archie

maleGermanic, via Archibald

Genuine, bold; from Germanic elements meaning roughly 'genuinely brave'.

Origin: Germanic, via Archibald

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #9 in England and Wales in 2021. See regions.

Archie: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #9 in 2020, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
112times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#9highest recorded position
22groupings it qualifies for
40names it appears alongside

What stands out in Archie's record

Ranked inside the top 10 by 2 registrars. Names by top-10 reach
Held a top-100 place for 26 years running. Names by top-100 run
England and Wales registered 3,265 births with the name in 2013, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count
Held at least one birth in every 2,000 for 26 years. Names by sustained share

AR-chee/ˈɑɹtʃi/

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Data Confidence

Evidence: HighCompleteness: CompleteEditorial review: 2026-07-21

Confidence in the evidencebehind this name's data — never a rating of the name itself, and never affected by how well it matches your preferences. How this is assessed

Because: backed by officially or academically authoritative sources, recently verified, popularity data covers multiple regions.

Source authority

Averaged from the real per-claim source-authority assessments already computed for this name's meaning/origin/pronunciation/popularity evidence.

Independent corroboration

Averaged from the real per-claim supporting-source counts already computed for this name's evidence.

See full evidence assessment (8 dimensions, 1 not yet tracked)

Source agreement

No recorded source disagreement for this name's meanings or origins.

Recency

Calculated from how long ago this record was last verified (2026-07-21), against a 270-day staleness threshold.

Geographic relevance

Calculated from the number of geographies with official popularity data (6) — broader official coverage means the evidence base is relevant to more of where the name is actually used.

Completeness

Calculated from how many of the expected data sections (variants, similar names, popularity, notable usage, IPA pronunciation) are actually populated for this name.

Direct observation vs. inference

Averaged from the real per-claim direct-observation-vs-inference ratios already computed for this name's evidence.

Identity & variant resolution quality

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Name Characteristics

How these are calculated

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Pronunciation clarity

Editorial judgement of how consistently this name is pronounced correctly on first read, mapped from an easy/moderate/variable rating to a number. Describes the name — not a measure of evidence confidence.

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling: shorter names with fewer irregular letter clusters score higher. A disclosed formula, not an editorial opinion — and not a confidence measurement.

Recorded regional spread

Derived from how many geographies' official statistics record this name. It measures where the name is registered, not how well-known it feels to people living there.

International spread

Derived from the same official statistical coverage, scaled to reflect how widely the name crosses national datasets. Not a measure of how easily it is understood in another language.

Trend stability

Derived from the name's traditional/modern classification and its current popularity trend direction.

Overview

Origin: Germanic, via Archibald
Meaning: Genuine, bold; from Germanic elements meaning roughly 'genuinely brave'.
Pronunciation: AR-chee
Syllables: 2
Common nicknames: None recorded
Classification: Traditional & modern
Gender usage: male
Language family: Germanic, via Archibald

Popularity

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2025

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#192
1997	#141
1998	#120
1999	#108
2000	#81
2001	#60
2002	#55
2003	#50
2004	#45
2005	#38
2006	#40
2007	#33
2008	#31
2009	#20
2010	#24
2011	#24
2012	#23
2013	#16
2014	#17
2015	#19
2016	#18
2017	#18
2018	#16
2019	#19
2020	#9
2021	#9
2022	#11
2023	#13
2024	#10
2025	#11

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2025.

In 2025: #11 among boys in England and Wales, #26 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, #46 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #192 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #11 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys

Archie appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 30 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 62,430 births with the name.

Archie across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Archie's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#192 (1996)	#9 (2020)	#11 (2025)	30 of 30	62,430 (1996–2025)	3,265 (2013)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#409 (2001)	#46 (2025)	#46 (2025)	24 of 25	1,222 (2001–2025)	114 (2021)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#220 (2002)	#18 (2020)	#20 (2024)	23 of 23	989 (2002–2024)	82 (2020)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#86 (2007)	#14 (2021)	#26 (2025)	19 of 19	4,419 (2007–2025)	327 (2021)
New Zealand · Boys	#88 (2008)	#17 (2022)	#27 (2023)	15 of 16	1,574 (2008–2023)	147 (2021)

Archie by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Archie in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	1,249	4 of 10	312
2000s	16,262	10 of 10	1,626
2010sbusiest	28,923	10 of 10	2,892
2020s	15,996	6 of 10	2,666

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 2,892 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2008 and 2009, when recorded births rose by 753, from 2,316 to 3,069.

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Archie appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #9, first reached in 2020.

It held a top-100 place in 26 years, 26 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 3,265 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

2 registrars ranked it inside their own top 10.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2001, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Archie was ranked #9 in England and Wales · Boys in 2020. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Archi · #2018, 11y
Archibald · #346, 30y
Archie-James · #1230, 16y
Archie-Jay · #1635, 15y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Rosie · #9, 33y
Arlo · #10, 27y
Bonnie · #11, 33y
Elijah · #7, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Harris · #9, 30y
Rosie · #9, 33y
Arlo · #10, 27y
Freddie · #10, 30y

Comparisons involving Archie

Existing comparison pages where Archie and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Archie in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Charlie vs Archie
Charlie and Archie both rose over the same years in 5 registrars — England and Wales · Boys; New South Wales, Australia · Boys; New Zealand · Boys; Northern Ireland · Boys; Republic of Ireland · Boys. Each list is measured against its own starting position; the positions are never combined.
Charlie · Archie · 30 shared years, 1996–2025 · Moved together in several countries
Elijah vs Archie
Elijah and Archie both rose over the same years in 5 registrars — England and Wales · Boys; New South Wales, Australia · Boys; New Zealand · Boys; Northern Ireland · Boys; Republic of Ireland · Boys. Each list is measured against its own starting position; the positions are never combined.
Elijah · Archie · 30 shared years, 1996–2025 · Moved together in several countries
Henry vs Archie
Henry and Archie both rose over the same years in 5 registrars — England and Wales · Boys; New South Wales, Australia · Boys; New Zealand · Boys; Northern Ireland · Boys; Republic of Ireland · Boys. Each list is measured against its own starting position; the positions are never combined.
Henry · Archie · 30 shared years, 1996–2025 · Moved together in several countries

Closest long-running positions

Names that stayed close to Archie within one registrar's list over many years. A gap measured inside that list, never across registrars.

Oscar vs Archie
Across 30 shared years in England and Wales · Boys, Oscar and Archie averaged 10.8 places apart, ending at #8 and #11.
Oscar · Archie · 30 shared years, 1996–2025 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2025 England and Wales ranking
Lucas vs Archie
Across 30 shared years in England and Wales · Boys, Lucas and Archie averaged 12.4 places apart, ending at #32 and #11.
Lucas · Archie · 30 shared years, 1996–2025 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2025 England and Wales ranking
Muhammad vs Archie
Across 30 shared years in England and Wales · Boys, Muhammad and Archie averaged 12.8 places apart, ending at #1 and #11.
Muhammad · Archie · 30 shared years, 1996–2025 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2025 England and Wales ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Archie and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Arthur vs Archie
In 2018, Arthur moved ahead of Archie in England and Wales · Boys — #19 and #18 the year before became #7 and #16.
Arthur · Archie · 30 shared years, 1996–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 2018 England and Wales ranking
Luca vs Archie
In 2023, Luca moved ahead of Archie in England and Wales · Boys — #12 and #11 the year before became #7 and #13.
Luca · Archie · 30 shared years, 1996–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 2023 England and Wales ranking
Ethan vs Archie
In Northern Ireland · Boys, Archie moved into the top 50 at #20 in 2024 as Ethan fell out of it to #57, having been #19 the year before.
Ethan · Archie · 23 shared years, 2002–2024 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2024 Northern Ireland ranking

Archie and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Archie without appearing here.

Archie moved ahead of

Andreas
In 2008 they stood at #473 and #435 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2009 that had become #233 and #701.
Ezra Compare
In 2007 they stood at #409 and #347 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2008 that had become #252 and #698.
Mathias
In 2007 they stood at #409 and #409 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2008 that had become #252 and #698.
Daithi
In 2017 they stood at #100 and #71 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #89 and #471.

Moved ahead of Archie

Alfie Compare
In 2003 they stood at #348 and #451 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2004 that had become #506 and #299.
Cillian
In 2002 they stood at #220 and #243 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2003 that had become #263 and #193.
Arlo Compare
In 2015 they stood at #46 and #59 in New Zealand · Boys; by 2016 that had become #36 and #23.
Arthur Compare
In 2017 they stood at #18 and #19 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #16 and #7.

Moved the opposite way to Archie

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Archie went from #192 to #11 while Aaron went from #33 to #180.
Adam
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Archie went from #192 to #11 while Adam went from #16 to #26.
Alan
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Archie went from #192 to #11 while Alan went from #163 to #539.
Alex
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Archie went from #192 to #11 while Alex went from #43 to #207.

Moved the same way as Archie

Albie
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Archie went from #192 to #11 and Albie from #853 to #21.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Archie went from #192 to #11 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Archie went from #192 to #11 and Alfred from #218 to #76.
Arthur Compare
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Archie went from #192 to #11 and Arthur from #234 to #5.

Meaning & Origin

Genuine, bold; from Germanic elements meaning roughly 'genuinely brave'.

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Germanic, via Archibald

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

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Where Archie is officially recorded

6 official registrars have recorded Archie, between 1996 and 2025. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#9 in 2020
Republic of Ireland	2001–2025	24	#46 in 2025
Northern Ireland	2002–2024	23	#18 in 2020
New South Wales, Australia	2007–2025	19	#14 in 2021
New Zealand	2008–2023	15	#17 in 2022
Scotland	2024	1	#10 in 2024

Variants

Archy · spelling
Archibald · regional

Similar Names

No similar names recorded yet for this name.

Similarity is a demonstration score — see methodology.

Spelling

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling — see Name Characteristics above.

Common alternate spellings: Archy.

Pronunciation

AR-chee/ˈɑɹtʃi/

Syllables: 2
Ease: easy

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Where Archie Is Recorded

National statistical agencies have recorded Archie in these places. This shows where the name is used — not where it comes from, and not that it carries particular cultural significance there.

New South Wales, AustraliaEngland and WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandRepublic of IrelandNew Zealand

Notable Usage

No safely-sourced notable usage recorded for this name yet.

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Archie

Archie at a glance

What stands out in Archie's record

Overview

Popularity

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Archie across 5 official records

Archie by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Archie appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Archie

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Comparisons involving Archie

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Archie and the names beside it

Archie moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Archie

Moved the opposite way to Archie

Moved the same way as Archie

Meaning & Origin

Where Archie is officially recorded

Variants

Similar Names

Spelling

Pronunciation

Where Archie Is Recorded

Notable Usage

Sibling & Surname Compatibility

Archie at a glance

What stands out in Archie's record

Archie across 5 official records

Archie by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Archie appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Archie

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Comparisons involving Archie

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Archie and the names beside it

Archie moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Archie

Moved the opposite way to Archie

Moved the same way as Archie