Archie is the pet form of Archibald, a Germanic name made of ercan, "genuine", and bald, "bold", so roughly "truly bold". The Archie comics have kept the name on American newsstands since 1941, and the birth of Prince Harry and Meghan's son Archie in 2019 gave it a fresh boost. Archie entered the US top 1000 in 2018, soared from number 1245 in 2015 to 301 in 2025 and keeps climbing.