NameTides

Apollo

Apollo was the #445 boys' name in the US in 2025 (708 babies), and #822 in England & Wales and #729 in Canada.

Apollo as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Apollo as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Apollo as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#445 (708)#822 (39)——#729 (37)
2024#413 (781)#685 (53)—#785 (3)#586 (46)
2023#434 (718)#728 (46)——#680 (38)
2022#389 (820)#679 (50)—#779 (3)#787 (32)
2021#397 (787)#907 (33)——#635 (43)
2020#448 (666)#1,051 (26)#711 (3)—#674 (38)
2019#489 (590)#952 (30)#701 (3)—#862 (27)
2018#512 (552)#1,235 (21)——#910 (25)
2017#535 (529)#1,470 (17)——#908 (25)
2016#586 (470)#1,271 (21)——#776 (32)
2015#749 (323)#1,236 (21)——#1,681 (10)
2014#795 (288)#2,079 (10)——#1,107 (18)
2013#974 (205)#2,055 (10)——#1,380 (13)
2012#983 (203)———#1,655 (10)
2011#1,219 (143)#3,830 (4)——#1,944 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #389.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1965.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,400 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Apollo is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,200 to 1 in 2,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Apollo by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #317WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #309WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #511MNIllinois: #677ILMichigan: #409MINew York: #448NYMassachusetts: #298MAOregon: #474ORNevada: #201NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #346IAIndiana: #545INOhio: #577OHPennsylvania: #397PANew Jersey: #363NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #368CAUtah: #327UTColorado: #305CONebraska: #266NEMissouri: #368MOKentucky: #625KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #587VAMaryland: #475MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #392AZNew Mexico: #360NMKansas: #468KSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #520TNNorth Carolina: #569NCSouth Carolina: #552SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #426OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #622ALGeorgia: #464GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #461TXFlorida: #369FL
Apollo (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#42929

Apollo (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ApolloCanadaBoys#72937
ApolloEngland & WalesBoys#82239
ApolloIrelandBoys—too few
ApolloNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ApolloScotlandBoys—too few
ApolloUSGirls—too few
ApolloUSBoys#445708