How rare is the name Archer?

13,225 people in the United States have the first name Archer, about 1 in 22,838. It ranks #2,054 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ARCHER

#2,054

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,225
About
1 in 22,838
This common or more
78.3%
Who bears it

Of the 13,225 people named Archer, 79.8% reported their origin as White, 7.9% as two or more races and 7.7% as Hispanic or Latino. 97.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Archer peaked in 2025, when 3,654 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
3,654
In 2025*
3,654
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 31,803 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Archer by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #213. The largest share of babies named Archer, 86.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#1,58361
1890s#3,47210
1900s#3,37425
1910s#2,725192
1920s#3,268221
1930s#4,211121
1940s#4,299134
1950s#5,266121
1960s#7,17383
1970s#12,02849
1980s#21,85917
1990s#11,089127
2000s#2,8981,213
2010s#57711,682
2020s#21317,747
Before 19010.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–271.3%
Silent Generation 1928–450.7%
Baby boom 1946–640.7%
Generation X 1965–800.3%
Millennials 1981–960.2%
Generation Z 1997–129.7%
2013 and later86.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Archer is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Archer has been most common in Utah (3.1×), Idaho (3×), and Colorado (2.2×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.4×).

29,529 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Archer

#2,052 Hailee · 13,240#2,053 Kareem · 13,237#2,055 Marcelino · 13,212#2,056 Asha · 13,207

Also a last name

As a last name, Archer ranks #1,027 of 156,621, with 33,513 people. See Archer as a last name

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