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Archibald

Archibald is a distinctive choice, ranked #346 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Archibald in their class.

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UK Rank 2025
#346
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About the Name Archibald

Archibald has never been more popular than it is right now, sitting at UK #374. The name has climbed 101 places in the last five years — a significant surge by any measure. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.

Archibald is fairly common in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Archibald in their class.

⭐ Famous People Named Archibald

Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about the name Archibald

Unlikely. With around 123 UK babies named Archibald per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Archibald in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Archibald is at its highest recorded position — #346 in 2025, with 123 births. In 2020 it ranked #475.
Archibald is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Archibald include: Steve Archibald, Vivian Inez Archibald and Archibald Prize. Short summaries for each appear below.
Archibald does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Archibalds in the wild.
123
UK babies named Archibald (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.1
In a school of 600
↑ 129 places
Rank change (last 5 years)

🏫 Who else is in the room?

In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Archibald

Almost certainly the only Archibald in the class

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UK Popularity (1996–2025)

Rank and birth count · ONS official data

No US data available for this name

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Famous People Named Archibald

Notable people who share this name, from history to the present day. See full list on Wikipedia

Steve Archibald1956
Steven Archibald is a Scottish former professional footballer and manager.
Vivian Inez Archibald1945
Vivian Inez Archibald CBE is a British Virgin Islander politician and businesswoman who has served as the Deputy Governor of the British Virgin Islands since September 2008.
Archibald Prize1921
The Archibald Prize is an Australian portraiture art prize for painting, generally seen as the most prestigious portrait prize in Australia.
Archibald Bell Sr.Historical
Archibald Bell was an English-born Australian politician.
Archibald Campbell, 7th Earl of ArgyllHistorical
Archibald Campbell, 7th Earl of Argyll, also called "Gillesbuig Grumach" ("Archibald the Grim"), was a Scottish peer, politician, and military leader.
Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso
Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso,, known as Sir Archibald Sinclair between 1912 and 1952, and often as Archie Sinclair, was a British politician and leader of the Liberal Party.
Archibald Campbell Swinton
Professor Archibald Campbell Swinton FRSE DL LLD LLB, was a Scottish author, politician and professor of civil law at Edinburgh, 1842–62.
Archibald Leitch
Archibald Keir Leitch was a Scottish architect, most famous for his work designing football stadiums throughout Great Britain and Ireland.
Edward Mortimer Archibald
Sir Edward Mortimer Archibald, was a British diplomat, a lawyer and an office holder active during the transition to responsible government in the colony of Newfoundland.

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