Archie

Diminutive of Archibald, Teutonic

"truly brave"

Archie Origin and Meaning

The name Archie is a boy's name of German origin meaning "truly brave".

Archie made global news as the surprise first name of the newborn royal baby, son of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex aka Harry and Meghan. Archie has now officially transcended Archie Bunker and Riverdale's Archie to take the, um, throne as the quintessential retro nickname name.

Though Archie dropped from the Top 1000 in the US in the late 80s because of Archie Bunker's negative image, it's been in the British Top 100 since the beginning of this century. Thanks to its new royal status, we expect Archie to rise again in the US too.

Funny couple Amy Poehler and Will Arnett for their son--though they did put the full name Archibald on the birth certificate.

Archie can be a female nickname name too--Archie Panjabi, who won an Emmy for her role as Kalinda Sharma in "The Good Wife" in 2010, was born Archana.

Archie Rank in US Top 1000

# 347 in the US

Archie Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 100 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Archie

• 347 US 2023
• 100 Nameberry 2025
• 824 Future 2028
• 13 England 2023
• 10 Scotland 2024
• 51 Ireland 2024
• 15 Australia 2024
• 18 New Zealand 2024
• 32 Dogs 2023
• 36 Cats 2023

20 Names Similar to Archie

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Archie.

• Alfie
• Teddy
• Otis
• Otto
• Harvey
• Beau
• Gus
• Oscar
• Rory
• Winston
• Dexter
• Freddie
• Maxwell
• Calvin
• Kit
• Jude
• Charlie
• Miles
• Hugo
• Abel

Famous People Named Archie

• Archie Shepp American jazz saxophonist
• Archibald Campbell "Archie" MacLaren English cricketer
• Archie Goodwin American comic book writer/artist
• Archie Thompson Australian footballer
• Elisha Archibald "Archie" Manning III American NFL football player; father of NFL players Peyton and Eli Manning
• Archie Moore American boxer
• Archie Cruz (b. Arttu Kuosmanen) lead singer/guitarist in Finish rock band Santa Cruz
• Archie Kao American actor
• Archie James Beale also known as Archie Renaux, English actor
• Archie Clement pro,Confederate guerrilla leader in the American Civil War
• Archie O'Hara son of footballer Jamie O'Hara
• Archie Hindmarsh son of Australian Rugby League player Nathan Hindmarsh
• Archibald William Emerson "Archie" Arnett (b. 2008) son of actors Amy Poehler and Will Arnett
• Archie David Lloyd Jackson son of YouTubers Ash and James Jackson
• Archie Jay Lomas (b. 2009) late son of actors Jamie Lomas and Kym Marsh
• Archie Bullard son of footballer Jimmy Bullard
• Archie Heaton (b. 2014) son of Charlie Heaton
• Archie Payne (b. 2014) son of YouTuber Kate Murnane (DollyBowBow)
• Archie Wersching Full (b. 2018) son of actors Annie Wersching and Stephen Full
• Archie Harrison Mountbatten Windsor (b. 2019), son of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Duke and Duchess of Sussex

The name Archie in Pop Culture

• Archibald "Archie" Andrews character in "Archie Comics" and TV's "Riverdale"
• Archie Bunker main character in the TV show "All in the Family"
• Archie MacDonald character on British TV's "Monarch of the Glen"
• Archibald "Archie" Campbell character from Louisa May Alcott's "Rose in Bloom"
• Archie Goodwin detective assistant in Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe novels
• Archie Moses character in the movie "Bulletproof"
• "Archie Marry Me," song by Alvvays
• Archibald "Archie" Forbes main character in G. A. Henty's, "In Freedom's Cause"
• Archie Knox Alec Baldwin's character in "Suburban Girl"
• Archie Team Aqua Leader in Pokemon video games
• Archibald "Archie" Cullen character in "Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined" by Stephenie Meyer
• Archie Johnson character on TV's "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"
• Archie Costello an antagonist in Robert Cormier's YA classic "The Chocolate War"