Boy · English
Archer
Say it: AR-chur
Meaning
From an English occupational surname for a bowman.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Rose in the US and Australia in the 2010s.
Its wave through time
Rising now
In the United States
- 16,401 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 733 boys
- 2,363 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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