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Achilles

Pronounced /əˈkɪliːz/

Rank in 2024
#1,225
Born in 2024
164
Peak year
2018 · #858
Origin
Ancient Greek

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 164 boys were named Achilles, about 1 in every 10,459.
  • It peaked in 2018 with 257 babies, ranked #858.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1912.
  • 3,691 boys have been named Achilles since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Achilles per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 115 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 34 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 5 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 39 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 49 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,095 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,354 babies, 0.11 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Borrowed from Latin Achillēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).

  • (rare) A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Origin
Ancient Greek
Say it
/əˈkɪliːz/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Achilles, CC BY-SA 4.0.