Unisex name · since 1995
Apache
Apache has 16 recorded births since 1995 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1995 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,533 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 16
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
16 boys have been named Apache since 1995, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Apache has 16 recorded births among boys since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2007.
- #30,533 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 16 born since 1995
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Apache ranks #30,533 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.
- #30,533 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 16
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Apache's 16 recorded births place it above 31.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Apache's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Apache's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2005, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1995 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Apache popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2007
- Peak year (1995)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Apache popularity over time - girls
10 total births recorded since 1974 (Apache as girls' name)
Apache by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (10 births, 63% of the file).
2000s was Apache's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Apache births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 10 births (63% of all-time use).
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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Apache: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~12 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1995–2007 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Apache draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.