Thirty years of Archie
Archie in numbers
Archie has risen from 169 boys in 1996 to 2,465 in 2025, though it is below its peak of 3,265 in 2013. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2006 and 2009, from 1,739 to 3,069. It ranked 192nd in 1996, reached 9th in 2020 and ranks 11th now. On average it was given to 312 boys a year in the late 1990s, 1,626 in the 2000s, 2,892 in the 2010s and 2,666 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
What the official statisticians said
“Archie ascended to the ninth-most popular boy’s name in 2020 after the birth of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s first child”
ONS, on 2021 births in England and Wales. Read the source
“Archie jumped into the top 10 boys’ names for the first time, driven by younger mothers as well as the obvious Royal link.”
ONS, on 2020 births in England and Wales. Read the source
Quoted word for word from the official releases, including their own “may” and “could”. Baby Data has not added reasons of its own. Releases for Scotland and Northern Ireland are about babies there, not in England and Wales.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year-4%2,575 to 2,465
- 5 years-16%2,944 to 2,465
- 10 years-15%2,912 to 2,465
- 20 years+46%1,685 to 2,465
- Since 1996×15169 to 2,465
- Total, 1996 to 202562,430boys
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 11 · ONS · 2,575 in 2024
Rank 8 · NRS · 228 in 2024
Rank 15 · NISRA · 77 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | 2,465 | -4% | 1 in 122 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,575 | +7% | 1 in 118 |
| 2023 | 13 | 2,400 | -11% | 1 in 126 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,684 | -8% | 1 in 116 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,928 | -1% | 1 in 109 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,944 | +16% | 1 in 107 |
| 2019 | 19 | 2,544 | -14% | 1 in 129 |
| 2018 | 16 | 2,950 | +5% | 1 in 114 |
| 2017 | 18 | 2,803 | +0% | 1 in 124 |
| 2016 * | 18 | 2,791 | -4% | 1 in 128 |
| 2015 | 19 | 2,912 | -6% | 1 in 123 |
| 2014 | 17 | 3,099 | -5% | 1 in 115 |
| 2013 | 16 | 3,265 | +7% | 1 in 110 |
| 2012 | 23 | 3,062 | +9% | 1 in 122 |
| 2011 | 24 | 2,805 | +4% | 1 in 132 |
| 2010 | 24 | 2,692 | -12% | 1 in 138 |
| 2009 | 20 | 3,069 | +33% | 1 in 118 |
| 2008 | 31 | 2,316 | +19% | 1 in 157 |
| 2007 | 33 | 1,948 | +12% | 1 in 182 |
| 2006 | 40 | 1,739 | +3% | 1 in 197 |
| 2005 | 38 | 1,685 | +11% | 1 in 196 |
| 2004 | 45 | 1,512 | +24% | 1 in 217 |
| 2003 | 50 | 1,216 | +4% | 1 in 262 |
| 2002 | 55 | 1,165 | +20% | 1 in 263 |
| 2001 | 60 | 969 | +51% | 1 in 314 |
| 2000 | 81 | 643 | +43% | 1 in 482 |
| 1999 | 108 | 451 | +21% | 1 in 708 |
| 1998 | 120 | 373 | +46% | 1 in 874 |
| 1997 | =141 | 256 | +51% | 1 in 1,287 |
| 1996 | =192 | 169 | 1 in 1,973 |
* ONS’s boys’ 2016 file repeats the October total as September, so the 2016 births total is about 932 too low and 1 in X for 2016 is slightly too low. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate
Archie is in our lists: Royal baby names.