Boy
Archie
Rooted in Germanic, Archie is a boy's name that means "Germanic erchan (genuine) + bald (bold)". It has not kept pace since its 1920s peak. In the current registry, it is a name plenty of people share. It has appeared in U.S. birth records in nearly every decade since 1900, a genuinely long run.
EtymologyDiminutive of Archibald
GermanicGermanic "erchan" (genuine) + "bald" (bold)
Births by decade
1900s
2,126
1910s
7,129
1920s
9,614
1930s
6,977
1940s
6,503
1950s
5,598
1960s
3,594
1970s
2,352
1980s
1,376
1990s
782
2000s
636
2010s
872
Peaked in the 1920s · 47,559 total U.S. births since 1900