Name meaning & stats
Achilles
Achilles (Ancient Greek origin). 3,700 US babies since 1940, peak 2018.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
Ancient Greek
In US birth records
Peak year: 2018
3,700 US babies were named Achilles between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Achilles (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Achilles is the main spelling
- Achilles 97%
- Achilleus 3%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2018)