Archer
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Archer
Archer is an Anglo-Saxon surname that feels more modern than most because of its on-target occupational and Hunger Games associations. And it's a nice way to bypass the clunky Archibald to get to the cool nickname Archie.
Archer for boys#98 US
But have a look at that amazing popularity chart below: After 1889, Archer took a 130-year nap, resurfacing on the Top 1000 in 2009 and now shooting straight upwards. Five years ago, we named Archer one of our Hottest Names of 2011—and, indeed, it jumped 102 places that year, thanks in part to Archer's similarity to popular Asher and its cross-gender appeal. Moms may like its literary gentility and dads its tough-guy FX cartoon appeal. Or, of course, vice versa.
Trivia tidbit: Archer is the name of Dr. Doolittle's father.
Archer for girls#4890 US
Archer is among the next wave of masculine-leaning occupational names rediscovered for girls.
Pronounced AR-cher.
As of October 2026, Archer ranked #98 in US births in 2025 SSA, Nameberry popularity #127.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #301 | 1,182 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #289 | 1,275 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #263 | 1,385 | #4,354 | 33 |
| 2017 | #254 | 1,462 | #4,487 | 31 |
| 2018 | #239 | 1,594 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #206 | 1,884 | #4,447 | 31 |
| 2020 | #160 | 2,349 | #4,088 | 34 |
| 2021 | #139 | 2,731 | #4,104 | 35 |
| 2022 | #126 | 2,921 | #4,482 | 31 |
| 2023 | #129 | 2,833 | #4,665 | 29 |
| 2024 | #115 | 3,093 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #98 | 3,627 | #4,890 | 27 |
World rankings
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Famous Archers
- Archer Ernest BaldwinBoy
English MP
- Archer Kent BloodBoy
American diplomat
- Archer John Porter MartinBoy
English chemist; winner of the Nobel Prize
- Archer AlexanderBoy
model for the slave in the Emancipation Memorial located in Lincoln Park, Washington, DC, USA
- Archer Milton HuntingtonBoy
American historian and philanthropist
- Archer KingBoy
American actor, agent and producer
- Archibald Paul "Archer" MacMackinBoy
American silent film director and writer
- Archer James OliverBoy
British portrait painter
- Archer PrewittBoy
American cartoonist and musician of The Sea and Cake
- Archer SageBoy
son of blogger Rebecca Woolf
- Archer Jones Sebastian (b. 2012)Boy
son of singer Guy Sebastian and Jules Egan
- Archer Grason Ewing (b. 2014)Boy
son of actor Dan Ewing
- Archer Robert Seddon (b. 2015)Boy
son of broadcaster Sally Bowrey and Richard Seddon
Archer in pop culture
- Archer CrossBoy
character in Rachel Hawkins's Hex Hall series
- ArcherBoy
character in the Fire series by Kristin Cashore
- Archer MontgomeryBoy
Addison's brother on TV's "Grey's Anatomy" and "Private Practice"
- Archer FinnBoy
character in Sarah J. Maas's "Crown of Midnight"
- Archer HaleBoy
character in Mia Sheridan's book "Archer's Voice"
- Archer EvermondeBoy
character in J.K. Rowling's "The Potter Family"
- ArcherBoy
Team Rocket Executive in the video games Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver
- "ArcherBoy
" animated TV series about main character Sterling Malory Archer
- Newland ArcherBoy
main character in Edith Wharton's "Age of Innocence"
- Jonathan ArcherBoy
character in the Star Trek series
- "The ArchersBoy
" British radio soap
- ArchersBoy
brand of schnapps
- "The Archer"Both
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