Apollo

What Apollo means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Apollo yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1965, with 6 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Apollo?

US: Rising: up from #749 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1236 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2022, when 820 boys got the name (#389 that year). First in the US records in 1965.

How common

• About 1 in 2,413 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 6,973 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NV (1.33 per 1,000 boys), NE (1.02 per 1,000 boys), CO (0.78 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Apollo is #445 in the US and #822 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Apollo were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Apolo25 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Apollo

Boys

• Leo#19“lion”^*
• Waylon#56Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #222 in 2015, #56 in 2025
• Oliver#3Editor’s note Up from #19 in 2015 to #3 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 110 US boys in the 2025 records
• Arlo#148Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #15 vs #148 in 2025
• Milo#119Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #288 in 2015, #119 in 2025
• Lennox#289Editor’s note Used for both: 75% of US babies named Lennox in 2025 were boys

For a sister

• Amelia#4“vigor, bravery”^*
• Ada#219“noble”^*
• Charlie#133Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #133 vs #747 in 2025
• Hazel#21From the word “hazel”^*
• Charlotte#2Form of Charles, meaning “free man”^*
• Wren#231Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #703 in 2015, #231 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Apollo’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.