Archer

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Archer: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Archer: Recorded every year since 1999, it reached #32 in 2018, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
73times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#32highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2016–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2016	#5785
2017	#5765
2024	#5891

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1999 to 2024.

In 2025: #35 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, #577 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1999–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #1281 among boys in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2012–2025
Highest recorded position: #32 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 2018 (recorded 2012–2025).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #35 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys

Archer appears in 6 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 26 years beginning in 1999, and has registered 3,147 births with the name.

Archer across 6 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.

Archer'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	#1281 (1999)	#169 (2022)	#173 (2024)	26 of 26	3,147 (1999–2024)	308 (2021)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#93 (2012)	#32 (2018)	#35 (2025)	14 of 14	2,498 (2012–2025)	234 (2018)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#715 (2014)	#350 (2024)	#577 (2025)	10 of 12	63 (2014–2025)	11 (2024)
New Zealand · Boys	#95 (2013)	#34 (2022)	#42 (2023)	11 of 11	962 (2013–2023)	115 (2018)
England and Wales · Girls	#5785 (2016)	#5765 (2017)	#5891 (2024)	3 of 9	9 (2016–2024)	3 (2016)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#358 (2016)	#216 (2024)	#216 (2024)	8 of 9	44 (2016–2024)	9 (2024)

Archer 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 Archer in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	10	1 of 10	10
2000s	156	10 of 10	16
2010s	1,479	10 of 10	148
2020sbusiest	1,502	5 of 10	300

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 300 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2016 and 2017, when recorded births rose by 66, from 174 to 240.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Archer appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1999 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #32 in New South Wales, Australia in 2018.

Archer's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#173	292	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#174	294	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#169	303	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#174	308	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#172	305	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#186	282	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#196	269	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#222	240	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#290	174	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#337	139	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#359	116	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#407	100	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#484	79	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#718	44	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#811	36	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1033	25	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1457	15	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#987	25	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#814	31	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1014	21	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1410	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1411	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1595	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1281	10	High	Verified
2025	New South Wales, Australia	male	#35	170	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	New South Wales, Australia	male	#36	165	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New South Wales, Australia	male	#47	156	Insufficient	Not yet available
2022	New South Wales, Australia	male	#41	172	Insufficient	Not yet available
2021	New South Wales, Australia	male	#38	214	Insufficient	Not yet available
2020	New South Wales, Australia	male	#35	209	Insufficient	Not yet available
2019	New South Wales, Australia	male	#48	176	Insufficient	Not yet available
2018	New South Wales, Australia	male	#32	234	Insufficient	Not yet available
2017	New South Wales, Australia	male	#40	198	Insufficient	Not yet available
2016	New South Wales, Australia	male	#45	186	Insufficient	Not yet available
2015	New South Wales, Australia	male	#51	183	Insufficient	Not yet available
2014	New South Wales, Australia	male	#61	169	Insufficient	Not yet available
2013	New South Wales, Australia	male	#71	148	Insufficient	Not yet available
2012	New South Wales, Australia	male	#93	118	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New Zealand	male	#42	81	High	Verified
2022	New Zealand	male	#34	103	High	Verified
2021	New Zealand	male	#36	105	High	Verified
2020	New Zealand	male	#49	84	High	Verified
2019	New Zealand	male	#51	93	High	Verified
2018	New Zealand	male	#37	115	High	Verified
2017	New Zealand	male	#46	97	High	Verified
2016	New Zealand	male	#58	89	High	Verified
2015	New Zealand	male	#69	79	High	Verified
2014	New Zealand	male	#70	64	High	Verified
2013	New Zealand	male	#95	52	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#216	9	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#414	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#249	8	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#270	6	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#283	6	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#363	4	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#358	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#577	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#350	11	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#396	9	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#380	10	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#552	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#637	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#374	10	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#209	20	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1999 and 2025, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #32, first reached in 2018.

It held a top-100 place in 14 years, 14 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 308 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2012, and 25 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.

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.

Arbaaz · #718, 20y
Arber · #1130, 26y
Archi · #2018, 11y
Archibald · #357, 29y

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.

Delilah · #32, 30y
Flynn · #32, 30y
Frankie · #33, 30y
Lincoln · #33, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Delilah · #32, 30y
Flynn · #32, 30y
Tahlia · #32, 30y
Frankie · #33, 30y

Archer was ranked #32 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 2018. 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.

Archer 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 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Archer without appearing here.

Archer moved ahead of

Maddison Compare
In 2003 they stood at #3036 and #3036 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1410 and #3651.
Kelly Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1595 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1411 and #3225.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2189 and #1962 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1014 and #2754.
Morten Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2189 and #2189 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1014 and #2754.

Moved ahead of Archer

Cooper Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1281 and #1850 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #1425.
Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1595 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1411 and #848.
Hudson Compare
In 2006 they stood at #814 and #885 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #987 and #538.
Hunter Compare
In 2006 they stood at #814 and #1643 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #987 and #926.

Moved the opposite way to Archer

Aaron Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Archer went from #1281 to #173 while Aaron went from #36 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Archer went from #1281 to #173 while Adam went from #21 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Archer went from #1281 to #173 while Alan went from #232 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Archer went from #1281 to #173 while Alex went from #45 to #171.

Moved the same way as Archer

Albie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Archer went from #1281 to #173 and Albie from #750 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Archer went from #1281 to #173 and Alfie from #64 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Archer went from #1281 to #173 and Alfred from #150 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Archer went from #1281 to #173 and Archie from #108 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1999 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #32 in New South Wales, Australia in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Archer

Archer at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Archer across 6 official records

Archer by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Archer appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Archer

Archer and the names beside it

Archer moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Archer

Moved the opposite way to Archer

Moved the same way as Archer

Archer at a glance

Archer across 6 official records

Archer by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Archer appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Archer

Archer and the names beside it

Archer moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Archer

Moved the opposite way to Archer

Moved the same way as Archer