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Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Achilles

Gender

Male

Origin

Greek
lipless
Latin

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Greek/Roman Mythology

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Achilles

Pronunciation

ach(il)-les

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2018 (rank #856, 257 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1290, 151 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
2025151
2024164
2023160
2022189
2021196
2020192
2019208
2018257
2017234
2016227

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2024 (rank #1859, 13 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3655, 5 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
20255
202413
202311
202213
202111
20209
20194
20184
20178
20166

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1902 (rank #419, 8 births); most recent 2022 (rank #3765, 5 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
2023–
20225
2021–
2020–
20195
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
20143

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2020 (rank #531, 6 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
20206
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence