Archer

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #98in 2025
  • 1 in 470boys in 2025
  • +219%last ten years
  • 3.0×in South Dakota

2025 was its biggest year ever, up 219% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

01,0622,12318801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 119 recorded years as a table
Archer, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188081
188179
188270
188461
188546
188789
188883
188945
189345
189443
190241
190645
190748
190943
191031
191122
191230
191318
191420
191529
191627
191726
191835
191939
192024
192135
192217
192323
192422
192516
192623
192714
192814
192913
193013
19318
193213
19339
193415
193512
193613
193717
19387
19399
19409
194112
19429
194311
194410
194513
19467
194710
19486
19496
19508
19518
19526
19536
19546
19557
19565
19575
19584
19596
19603
19615
19626
19635
19646
19653
19664
19676
19694
19706
19716
19725
19733
19743
19753
19793
19823
19883
19893
19903
19913
19923
19934
19944
19956
19967
19977
19988
199920
200015
200121
200232
200331
200448
200552
200651
200777
200890
2009179
2010239
2011320
2012380
2013475
2014616
2015665
2016730
2017790
2018878
20191,050
20201,361
20211,562
20221,674
20231,657
20241,800
20252,123

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. South Dakota 3.0×
  2. North Dakota 2.7×
  3. Montana 2.7×
  4. Idaho 2.4×
  5. Minnesota 2.4×

More like it

More like Archer

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
3,627
Rank in 2025
#98
How rare
1 in 470 boys
Since 1880
31,391

Most popular in 2025, at 2,123 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 219% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
South Dakota3.0×62
North Dakota2.7×51
Montana2.7×54
Idaho2.4×110
Minnesota2.4×319

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.