Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Archer

#652 most common boys' name of all time · #1,456 across all names · 99% boys / 1% girls · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#652
Rank overall
#1,456 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
119 of 146
All-time
31,803
Since 2016
24,193
Peak year
2025 #98
Best rank
#98 2025
📖The word “archer” appears in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 3,654/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Archer is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 27 3,627 3,654 #98
2024 25 3,102 3,127 #115
2023 29 2,834 2,863 #129
2022 31 2,922 2,953 #126
2021 35 2,732 2,767 #139
2020 34 2,349 2,383 #160
2019 31 1,884 1,915 #206
2018 25 1,594 1,619 #240
2017 31 1,463 1,494 #254
2016 33 1,385 1,418 #263
2015 21 1,275 1,296 #289
2014 18 1,183 1,201 #301
2013 22 899 921 #353
2012 12 721 733 #406
2011 14 607 621 #446
2010 6 458 464 #551
2009 12 355 367 #683
2008 6 183 189 #1,037
2007 — 159 159 #1,130
2006 — 104 104 #1,467
2005 — 104 104 #1,411
2004 — 96 96 #1,446
2003 — 62 62 #1,886
2002 — 62 62 #1,835
2001 — 41 41 #2,387
2000 — 29 29 #2,995
1999 — 38 38 #2,350
1998 — 16 16 #4,205
1997 — 13 13 #4,676
1996 — 14 14 #4,403
1995 — 11 11 #5,138
1994 — 8 8 #6,388
1993 — 8 8 #6,244
1992 — 6 6 #7,445
1991 — 7 7 #6,535
1990 — 6 6 #7,201
1989 — 6 6 #6,968
1988 — 6 6 #6,450
1982 — 5 5 #6,415
1979 — 5 5 #6,099
1975 — 5 5 #5,494
1974 — 5 5 #5,252
1973 — 5 5 #5,128
1972 — 8 8 #3,641
1971 — 10 10 #3,166
1970 — 11 11 #2,907
1969 — 8 8 #3,330
1967 — 11 11 #2,480
1966 — 8 8 #3,008
1965 — 5 5 #3,953
1964 — 11 11 #2,555
1963 — 11 11 #2,553
1962 — 12 12 #2,381
1961 — 10 10 #2,721
1960 — 7 7 #3,355
1959 — 12 12 #2,424
1958 — 9 9 #2,834
1957 — 10 10 #2,644
1956 — 10 10 #2,643
1955 — 14 14 #2,147
1954 — 13 13 #2,218
1953 — 11 11 #2,407
1952 — 11 11 #2,393
1951 — 16 16 #1,912
1950 — 15 15 #1,946
1949 — 10 10 #2,464
1948 — 10 10 #2,459
1947 — 18 18 #1,797
1946 — 12 12 #2,149
1945 — 18 18 #1,585
1944 — 13 13 #2,003
1943 — 15 15 #1,920
1942 — 13 13 #2,055
1941 — 15 15 #1,832
1940 — 10 10 #2,341
1939 — 10 10 #2,312
1938 — 8 8 #2,661
1937 — 18 18 #1,651
1936 — 13 13 #1,977
1935 — 12 12 #2,137
1934 — 15 15 #1,873
1933 — 9 9 #2,560
1932 — 14 14 #2,008
1931 — 8 8 #2,887
1930 — 14 14 #2,089
1929 — 14 14 #2,103
1928 — 16 16 #1,971
1927 — 16 16 #2,052
1926 — 25 25 #1,468
1925 — 18 18 #1,875
1924 — 25 25 #1,539
1923 — 25 25 #1,511
1922 — 18 18 #1,890
1921 — 38 38 #1,162
1920 — 26 26 #1,463
1919 — 38 38 #1,123
1918 — 35 35 #1,176
1917 — 24 24 #1,443
1916 — 24 24 #1,424
1915 — 25 25 #1,343
1914 — 13 13 #1,783
1913 — 9 9 #1,965
1912 — 13 13 #1,357
1911 — 5 5 #1,763
1910 — 6 6 #1,446
1909 — 7 7 #1,178
1907 — 7 7 #1,115
1906 — 6 6 #1,135
1902 — 5 5 #1,165
1894 — 5 5 #1,102
1893 — 5 5 #1,062
1889 — 5 5 #999
1888 — 10 10 #669
1887 — 9 9 #656
1885 — 5 5 #974
1884 — 7 7 #783
1882 — 8 8 #718
1881 — 8 8 #675
1880 — 9 9 #649