Apollo

Last seen for girls in 2021 at #12,206 · #445 for boys in 2025, 708 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
#389
2022 · 820 births
Debut · boys
1965
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
9,000
since 1965

Apollo over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Apollo has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201983boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025—#445708
2024—#413781
2023—#434718
2022—#389820
2021#12,2067#397787
2020#15,0885#448666
2019—#489590
2018—#512552
2017—#535529
2016—#586470
2015—#749323
2014—#795288
2013—#974205
2012—#983203
2011—#1,219143
2010—#1,240142
2009—#1,83980
2008—#1,82580
2007—#1,65093
2006—#1,87772
2005—#2,56743
2004—#2,74138
2003—#3,04431
2002—#2,19548
2001—#5,66712
2000—#4,78515
1999—#3,83419
1998—#3,59720
1997—#6,1009
1996—#5,9829
1995—#4,79112
1994—#5,8689
1993—#6,8167
1992—#4,11414
1991—#2,82823
1990—#2,86522
1989—#3,61815
1988—#2,68221
1987—#2,11528
1986—#1,58841
1985—#1,91630
1984—#2,29222
1983—#2,14024
1982—#1,56339
1981—#2,41820
1980—#2,21323
1979—#1,37046
1978—#1,91326
1977—#4,5827
1976—#4,9356
1975—#3,9418
1974—#3,8378
1973—#2,85712
1972—#3,6228
1971—#2,55814
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First appearance
1965

The first year at least five boys were named Apollo! It came in at #3,537, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1966–1968, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Apollo is popular in 1983

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedHITexas: #1,226 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 28,426 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Apollo, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Texas#1,226 · 1 in 28,426

Best ever in a state: #169 in Hawaii, 2022.

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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Apollo
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 32 spots since 2024 (#413 → #445)
  • 3 spots since 2020 (#448 → #445)
  • 304 spots since 2015 (#749 → #445)
  • Biggest jump: 236 spots in 2012 (#1,219 → #983)
  • Biggest drop: 45 spots in 2023 (#389 → #434)
Rise & fade · boys
57 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1965
  • Peaked 2022 at #389 (820 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 14 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 2012–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,129
  • Highest: 1 in 2,129 boys born in 2022 were named Apollo (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,413 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 49.8% of all boys named Apollo (4,480) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s21#2,217 (1969)#2,877
1970s135#1,370 (1979)#3,291
1980s263#1,563 (1982)#2,255
1990s144#2,828 (1991)#4,680
2000s512#1,650 (2007)#2,819
2010s3,445#489 (2019)#808
2020s4,480#389 (2022)#421

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Apollo in 1983

boys
#2,140
24 births · 1 in 74,690 boys

Top boys' names in 1983

  1. #1Michael68,004
  2. #2Christopher59,324
  3. #3Matthew50,209
  4. #4David39,201
  5. #5Joshua36,687
  6. #6James36,342
  7. #7Jason35,113
  8. #8Daniel34,748
  9. #9John33,154
  10. #10Robert32,745
  11. #2,140Apollo24
More about 1983

boys

1,792,564 boys got a published name in 1983; 1 in 74,690 of them was named Apollo, which outranked 70.9% of the 7,344 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Apollo
  1. #2,085Tyre25
  2. #2,085Tyrice25
  3. #2,085Waymon25
  4. #2,140Apollo24
  5. #2,140Alvino24
  6. #2,140Antonie24
  7. #2,140Baltazar24
  8. #2,208Alejandra23
  9. #2,208Ana23
  10. #2,208Anastacio23

Tied with 67 names at #2,140; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,260Remington#3,108 → #848
  2. ↑ 2,159Trumaine#3,108 → #949
  3. ↑ 1,157Akeem#1,774 → #617
  4. ↑ 738Jacoby#1,654 → #916
  5. ↑ 655Deven#1,622 → #967
Fallers
  1. ↓ 284Marcello#969 → #1,253
  2. ↓ 275Schuyler#845 → #1,120
  3. ↓ 273Jessy#917 → #1,190
  4. ↓ 258Kennith#981 → #1,239
  5. ↓ 220Jarrad#933 → #1,153

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1983 →