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
- Peak · boys
- 2022 · 820 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,000since 1965
Apollo over time
Rank among boys' names. Apollo has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #445 | 708 | |
| 2024 | — | #413 | 781 | |
| 2023 | — | #434 | 718 | |
| 2022 | — | #389 | 820 | |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | #397 | 787 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #448 | 666 |
| 2019 | — | #489 | 590 | |
| 2018 | — | #512 | 552 | |
| 2017 | — | #535 | 529 | |
| 2016 | — | #586 | 470 | |
| 2015 | — | #749 | 323 | |
| 2014 | — | #795 | 288 | |
| 2013 | — | #974 | 205 | |
| 2012 | — | #983 | 203 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,219 | 143 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,240 | 142 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,839 | 80 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,825 | 80 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,650 | 93 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,877 | 72 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,567 | 43 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,741 | 38 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,044 | 31 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,195 | 48 | |
| 2001 | — | #5,667 | 12 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,785 | 15 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,834 | 19 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,597 | 20 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,100 | 9 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,982 | 9 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,791 | 12 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,868 | 9 | |
| 1993 | — | #6,816 | 7 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,114 | 14 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,828 | 23 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,865 | 22 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,618 | 15 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,682 | 21 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,115 | 28 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,588 | 41 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,916 | 30 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,292 | 22 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,140 | 24 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,563 | 39 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,418 | 20 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,213 | 23 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,370 | 46 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,913 | 26 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,582 | 7 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,941 | 8 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,837 | 8 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,857 | 12 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,622 | 8 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,558 | 14 | |
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| 1969 | — | #2,217 | 15 | |
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| 1965 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
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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 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Nevada#204 · 1 in 741
- Hawaii#241 · 1 in 685
- Colorado#264 · 1 in 1,033
- Oregon#280 · 1 in 1,060
- Washington#300 · 1 in 1,285
Best ever in a state: #169 in Hawaii, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada | #204 | 16 | 1 in 741 |
| Hawaii | #241 | 5 | 1 in 685 |
| Colorado | #264 | 25 | 1 in 1,033 |
| Oregon | #280 | 15 | 1 in 1,060 |
| Washington | #300 | 26 | 1 in 1,285 |
| Minnesota | #301 | 20 | 1 in 1,257 |
| Arkansas | #306 | 11 | 1 in 1,182 |
| Missouri | #315 | 21 | 1 in 1,359 |
| Indiana | #323 | 23 | 1 in 1,424 |
| New Mexico | #324 | 6 | 1 in 1,171 |
| Virginia | #338 | 25 | 1 in 1,564 |
| Michigan | #339 | 26 | 1 in 1,653 |
| Florida | #343 | 55 | 1 in 1,687 |
| Oklahoma | #346 | 13 | 1 in 1,381 |
| Ohio | #349 | 32 | 1 in 1,694 |
| California | #351 | 107 | 1 in 1,770 |
| Arizona | #352 | 21 | 1 in 1,553 |
| Connecticut | #381 | 7 | 1 in 1,996 |
| Massachusetts | #410 | 12 | 1 in 2,376 |
| Kentucky | #411 | 10 | 1 in 1,985 |
| North Carolina | #413 | 25 | 1 in 2,041 |
| Nebraska | #428 | 5 | 1 in 1,778 |
| Georgia | #434 | 24 | 1 in 2,099 |
| New York | #435 | 36 | 1 in 2,476 |
| Kansas | #450 | 7 | 1 in 1,972 |
| Texas | #454 | 71 | 1 in 2,410 |
| Iowa | #456 | 7 | 1 in 2,008 |
| Utah | #460 | 9 | 1 in 2,133 |
| Illinois | #477 | 21 | 1 in 2,567 |
| Wisconsin | #478 | 10 | 1 in 2,433 |
| New Jersey | #523 | 13 | 1 in 3,120 |
| Tennessee | #523 | 13 | 1 in 2,757 |
| Pennsylvania | #532 | 17 | 1 in 3,262 |
| Alabama | #547 | 8 | 1 in 2,752 |
| South Carolina | #548 | 7 | 1 in 2,894 |
| Maryland | #708 | 6 | 1 in 4,158 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1965
- Peaked 2022 at #389 (820 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 2012–2025
- 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%)
- 49.8% of all boys named Apollo (4,480) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21 | #2,217 (1969) | #2,877 |
| 1970s | 135 | #1,370 (1979) | #3,291 |
| 1980s | 263 | #1,563 (1982) | #2,255 |
| 1990s | 144 | #2,828 (1991) | #4,680 |
| 2000s | 512 | #1,650 (2007) | #2,819 |
| 2010s | 3,445 | #489 (2019) | #808 |
| 2020s | 4,480 | #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 2021
Top girls' names in 2021
Top boys' names in 2021
More about 2021
girls
1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 234,409 of them was named Apollo, which outranked 30.9% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #11,146Zyleah8
- #11,146Zylia8
- #11,146Zyriah8
- #12,206Apollo7
- #12,206Aadhini7
- #12,206Aaditri7
- #12,206Aala7
- #13,464Aadhvika6
- #13,464Aakifah6
- #13,464Aaleya6
Tied with 1,257 names at #12,206; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 2,223 of them was named Apollo, which outranked 97.2% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).