Archie or Charlie?

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Definately not Archibold or Charles! Just Archie and Charlie as the full names.

Which do you like best? Are they common?

I like them but I think they are quite popular. I didn't like having a common name at school I have to say.

Prefer Archie, only slightly. Yes, they are common. Sorry to be blunt!

My sister says they are lil sods names lol

I like them both, but know loads of them, especially Archie's.

I have an Archie who is now nearly 7 (and not a lil sod at all) There aren't any others in his year at school. Alfie is a much more popular name in our area.
I do like Charlie and this was our other choice.
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Archie is slightly better than Charlie but I know so many of each. They are very common names.

Charlie. I can never meet an Archie without mentally thinking 'Archibald' even though I know that no one uses it these days. I would have the full name Charles and then he has the choice when he is older.

Neither for me, as they are both a dime a dozen - plus I don't like limiting a child to an abbreviated form of a name (although acknowledge that I may be in the minority on that).

Both popular. Charlie probably a bit more 'classic'.

Charlie is classier.

Neither. Both are a bit blah to me whenever i hear them.

I love the name Charlie, although have to admit that prefer "proper" names for birth certificate, such as Charles.

They are popular names, but not "common" IYSWIM.

BTW, although they are popular names on the Top 100 names, etc. I actually only know of two Charles/Charlie (my 2y godson and also a child at school) and no Archies - and this is depspite working in an infant school with 270 pupils.

I have a Charlie who is nearly 3, my cousin(in-law?) has an Archie. I know 1 more of each, but in other parts of the country - neither at ds's playschool or nursery.

Charlie.
My 3 year old DD believes Archie is "a naughty name".

Charlie is miles, miles better. Archie is either love or hate but Charlie is nice to most people. Also if people assume it is short for something, far better Charles than Archibald!!! (An Archie I know gets teased about that even though his is not short for Archibald). Archie is very much of the moment like Alfie and Freddie etc and will date far more. Bith are very very popular and I know lots and lots of them, mostly babies but a few school age. Must be top 5 for Charlie and top 20 for Archie?

Archie - my friend has a little boy called that and I've grown to LOVE the name and he is lovely too.

Charlie is nice but I only like it if it's a nn for Charles, which you've ruled out. I don't like Archie at all.

Both are great, and both are names that have been around for generations (I know a grandad Archie with a grandson called Archie. Angus is the generation in between, in case you were wondering!).

Although they are in the top 20 names or whatever, they aren't as common as Jack, Thomas etc etc, and so you won't come across hundreds of them at school, although that may depend on where you live.

And really, there's no such thing as a 'naughty' name is there - only naughty children, and all children have names!