Apple

Where Apple comes from

From apple. As a surname, also an Americanized form of Appel or Apfel.
— Wiktionary's entry for Apple
  • English
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1971
    First appearance
    #6,619 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2005
    Peak, #3,404
    44 babies named Apple — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2014
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #6,451.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from English.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Apple hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.