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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Arch

Arch was the 2767th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 46 babies. Its best year was 1880, when it ranked 199th with 61 babies. More babies were named Arch in the 1920s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#2,767 boys, up 6,035 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
46boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
188061 babies
Total since 1880
2,572babies recorded

Arch popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025#2,76746
2020#8,8028
2010——
2000——
1990#6,4487
1980——
1970#2,90011
1960#2,04416
1950#1,61621
1940#1,68317
1930#1,19335
1920#98848
1910#86313
1900#58018
1890#37023
1880#19961

How popular is Arch, counting every spelling?

Arch has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Arch?

46 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Arch (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Arch born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 182 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Arch.

Chance of another Arch in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inTexasunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Arch?

About 600 people born in the US named Arch are alive today, with a median age of 61; half are between 8 and 74. That makes Arch a name most people associate with older generations. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Arch by state

How common Arch was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Texas (1.7×). In 50 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesTX0.03Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Arch, boys, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Arch: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Arch, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Arch

How popular is the name Arch?

Arch was the 2767th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 46 babies. Its best year was 1880, when it ranked 199th with 61 babies. More babies were named Arch in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Arch a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Arch in the US.

Where is Arch most popular?

In 2021–2025, Arch was most common in Texas (0.03 per 1,000 boys).