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Achilles

Boy's name · #1290 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Achilles reached its best rank, #857, in 2018 and ranked #1290 in 2025. Roughly 3,800 boys have been named Achilles since 1912.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 17 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Achilles ranks in other countries and regions.

#500 in Belgium (2025) · #1,447 in Sweden (2025) · #2,185 in France (2025) · #1,614 in Canada (2024).

Famous Achilleses

• Achilles Tatius — Ancient Greek novellist
• Achilles Alferaki — Russian composer (1846–1919)
• Achilles Papapetrou — Greek physicist
• Achilles Statius — Portuguese humanist
• Achilles Gasser — German physician and astrologer (1505–1577)

In stories & tradition

• Achilles — Iliad (book)
• Achilles Alexandrakis — Mr. Achilles (novel)
• Achilles de Flandres — Ender's Saga (book series)

What Achilleses become

Among 86 notable people named Achilles:

Scientists & scholars appear 1.57× more often than among typical names — e.g. Achilles Papapetrou, Greek physicist.

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