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Archie

Archie is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

MaleHigh

Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.

Verdict
Male
Confidence
High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
High source frequency in
United States, Great Britain
US records 1880–2017
50,243 male / 1,259 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built
2026-09-11

How to address Archie

If you do not know Archie’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Archie,” in English, “Guten Tag Archie,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Archie,

German

Guten Tag Archie,

French

Bonjour Archie,

Spanish

Estimado/a Archie:

Chinese

Archie您好:

Japanese

Archie様

English

Hi Archie,

German

Hi Archie,

French

Salut Archie,

Spanish

Hola Archie,

Chinese

Archie你好:

Japanese

Archieさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Classification of Archie by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
CountryHow commonUsually
United Statesvery commonman's name
Great Britainrareman's name

United States birth data

50,243 male · 1,259 female · 51,502 births recorded

Male97.6%Female2.4%

Records from 1980–2017: 100% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Archie a male or female name?

Archie is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

How do I address Archie in an email?

If you do not know Archie’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Archie,” in English, “Guten Tag Archie,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Is Archie a unisex name?

Archie is classified as generally male in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.

Related names

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Archie a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/archie. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_archie,
  title  = {Is Archie a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/archie},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}