Apollo
Apollo is ranked 414th among boys in 2024 (776 births). Its best rank was 389th, in 2022.
- Rank in 2024
- #414up 20 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 7760.05% of boys
- Peak year
- 2022820 births
- Best rank
- #389in 2022
- Since 1965
- 8,282people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,282 boys have been named Apollo in the United States since 1965, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 820 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2019, and the 2020s alone account for 45%. It has spent 13 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2022, its biggest year
Apollo was the 389th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2022 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2022.
Names that rose and fell with Apollo
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Matheopeak 2024
- Zeppelinpeak 2022
- Bearpeak 2022
- Kaisenpeak 2024
- Lennoxpeak 2022
- Revanpeak 2021
- Beckhampeak 2024
- Ezrahpeak 2023
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.