Archie

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Is this name too popular? I do not know one. Husband loves it

I know two

Honestly yes, Archie is one of the most popular names out there right now.

It sometimes feels like names like Archie, Albie, Arlo and Alfie are what approximately 90% of boys under 5 are called around where I live.

I know a couple but I do like it . I like Albie in particular of that type of name as well .

Too popular is entirely subjective. There are enough parents who choose top ten names to keep them popular. Some parents will only look at names outside of the top 50, others the top 500.

It’s worth noting with name popularity that the most popular names are used less often than the most popular names used to be used. The names that were popular when you were at school will have been given to a higher percentage of babies again. So the five Sarahs in a class effect should be less of a concern these days, as parents are picking from an increasingly wide pool of names.

Name trends are also highly localised. You can look up name data per region, I don’t think that’s super helpful as pockets of popularity are often more local than that. Not sure if you have any friends with babies in your area, but might be worth asking how many Archies they know. And also how many similar names like Alfie, Freddie, Albie, Arthur because even if he's the only Archie, he might fall into a sea of children with very similar names and it might all feel quite samey anyway.

If you like it, go for it. I regret not calling my eldest the name I wanted because of what people thought

I know of 2 Archie's and I've 3 dc if that makes a difference

@FuckingFlumps

Honestly yes, Archie is one of the most popular names out there right now.

It sometimes feels like names like Archie, Albie, Arlo and Alfie are what approximately 90% of boys under 5 are called around where I live.

Agree with this. At a toddler group recently every single little boy (maybe 7 or 8 in total), including my DS had a short name beginning with A, of which nearly all were one of these. Archie is a lovely name, so if you like it you should go for it, but it is common, at least where I live!

I prefer Richie and wanted to call my son Richie.

Archie's ok though.

Personally I would avoid it purely because of the popularity

As others have mentioned there are a huge number of Archies, Alfies, Albies, Arthurs & Arlos born in the past few years

I keep hearing its common but none in my child's class.
Alfie is more popular here than Archie xx

If you like it then use it as it a lovely name x

I've taught many, many Archies and Alfies but don't actually know any friends' babies called either. I wonder if it was more popular a few years ago. I live in a more middle class area to where I work and that also might make a difference (I'm trying to not be offensive there, but names are different depending on where you live!).

What a lovely name!
I’d go for it, 100%! I’ve only known one Archie in the schools I’ve worked in & he must be 20 now!!!!

I think it's too popular and has become very boring because of it.

I like Archie, my bird was called Archie(Arch).

I don't know any but I prefer Archer. I don't think it matters about popularity though if you can find a name you love

I think it is pretty popular, that’s not necessarily a bad thing though. It wouldn’t stop me using it if I liked it.

It's been falling in popularity in recent years. I think it's lovely. About to leave the top 20 names will probably be outside top 40 in next couple of years or so

names.darkgreener.com/#archie

Is this name too popular
since you ask, yes.

So many A*ie names out there.

At least give them a full proper name, which for Archie would be something like Archibald.

Sorry for being a grumpbag though.