Archie or Rory
Rory is the more popular boy name in Canada, #138 to #275 in 2024. Archie is the more popular boy name in England and Wales, #11 to #17 in 2025. Rory is the more popular boy name in the USA, #226 to #333 in 2024. The two countries disagree on which is ahead.
Place by place
Each place ranks its own registered births, so the two names are compared inside one list at a time, in that place's most recent complete year.
| Place | Year | Archie | Rory | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2024 | #275 | #138 | Rory |
| England and Wales | 2025 | #11 | #17 | Archie |
| USA | 2024 | #333 | #226 | Rory |
| Alberta | 2024 | #198 | #161 | Rory |
| British Columbia | 2024 | #306 | #132 | Rory |
| Ontario | 2024 | #261 | #97 | Rory |
| Quebec | 2024 | #463 | #687 | Archie |
Archie and Rory in Canada, 2020–2024
Archie climbed from #368 in 2020 to #275 in 2024 in Canada. Rory climbed from #202 in 2020 to #138 in 2024 in Canada.
Archie and Rory in England and Wales, 2020–2025
Archie slipped from #9 in 2020 to #11 in 2025 in England and Wales. Rory climbed from #43 in 2020 to #17 in 2025 in England and Wales.
Archie and Rory in the USA, 2020–2024
Archie climbed from #465 in 2020 to #333 in 2024 in the USA. Rory climbed from #330 in 2020 to #226 in 2024 in the USA.
Other comparisons
How this comparison is built
Both names are ranked by how many babies were registered with that exact spelling, so every position here counts real births rather than votes or searches. Rank is the only measure every source publishes, so it is what the charts plot; birth counts are not released for every place.
A place appears only in the years it published a complete list, which is why a name can be missing from a year it was almost certainly given to some babies. See every head-to-head on the site, or the ranked lists these names come from.