# Apollo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/apollo/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /əˈpɑloʊ/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 9,012 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 9,000 / 12 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 393, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Apollō, from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | 15,328 |
| 2021 | 7 | 12,343 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 143 | 1,219 |
| 2012 | 203 | 983 |
| 2013 | 205 | 975 |
| 2014 | 288 | 796 |
| 2015 | 323 | 749 |
| 2016 | 470 | 586 |
| 2017 | 529 | 535 |
| 2018 | 552 | 512 |
| 2019 | 590 | 489 |
| 2020 | 666 | 448 |
| 2021 | 787 | 397 |
| 2022 | 820 | 389 |
| 2023 | 718 | 434 |
| 2024 | 781 | 413 |
| 2025 | 708 | 445 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 5 | 3,095 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,079 |
| 2015 | 21 | 1,236 |
| 2016 | 21 | 1,271 |
| 2017 | 17 | 1,470 |
| 2018 | 21 | 1,235 |
| 2019 | 30 | 952 |
| 2020 | 26 | 1,051 |
| 2021 | 33 | 907 |
| 2022 | 50 | 679 |
| 2023 | 46 | 728 |
| 2024 | 53 | 685 |
| 2025 | 39 | 822 |

## People named Apollo

- Apollo Quiboloy, Filipino pastor and religious leader

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.