Achilles
Recorded 1912–2025 · United States
Achilles was most popular in 2018, when 257 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,853 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,677, with 151 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,844 people named Achilles.
Achilles over time
How old is the name Achilles?
Achilles first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1912, which makes it about 113 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 63 of the 114 years since.
How many people are named Achilles?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,844 American births named Achilles between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 3,660 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Achilles in 2025?
151 American babies were named Achilles in 2025, ranking #2,677 that year.
Is Achilles getting more or less popular?
Achilles is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 172 births a year, against 160 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +8% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Achilles a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Achilles is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 3,844 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Achilles?
Roughly 3,660 Americans named Achilles are alive today — 95% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 10 years old, and half are between 6 and 15. That is a narrow band because Achilles is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Achilles is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org