Apollo Boy
How popular is Apollo?
#445 boy name in 2025
708 baby boys were named Apollo in the US in 2025, making it the 445th most popular boy name.
Apollo popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #445 for boys (▼ 32 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 708 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+119% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #749 in 2015, #448 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (820 boys) |
| Highest rank | #389 in 2022 |
| First recorded | 1965 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Apollo counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Apollo family of names ranked #425 for boys in 2025 (#397 the year before), with 733 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Apollo | 708 | 97% |
| Apolo | 25 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Apollo is most popular
Babies named Apollo per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Nevada: 1.2 per 1,000 (71 boys)
- Colorado: 0.9 per 1,000 (116 boys)
- Oregon: 0.8 per 1,000 (61 boys)
- New Mexico: 0.8 per 1,000 (26 boys)
- Arizona: 0.8 per 1,000 (128 boys)
Apollo by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21 | #2,216 |
| 1970s | 135 | #1,370 |
| 1980s | 263 | #1,562 |
| 1990s | 144 | #2,822 |
| 2000s | 512 | #1,650 |
| 2010s | 3,445 | #489 |
| 2020s | 4,480 | #389 |
Boy names about as popular as Apollo
Questions
- Is Apollo a boy or girl name?
- Apollo is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Apollo were boys.
- How popular is the name Apollo?
- 708 baby boys were named Apollo in the US in 2025, making it the 445th most popular boy name.
- When was Apollo most popular?
- Apollo peaked in 2022, when 820 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #389 in 2022.
- How many people are named Apollo?
- 9,012 babies have been named Apollo in the US since 1880. We estimate about 8,937 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 6.
- Where is Apollo most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Apollo was most common in Nevada, at 1.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.