Recorded 1915–2023 Boys' name Peak 1981 1,292 births

Apolinar — boys' name

1,292 babies named Apolinar in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s191920s1551930s1321940s1091950s1361960s961970s1191980s1671990s1592000s1352010s502020s15
1980s
Peak decade

13% of everyone ever named Apolinar was born in this single decade.

1981
Single peak year

28 babies were named Apolinar in 1981 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Apolinar

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,292 babies named Apolinar between 1915 and 2023, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Apolinar currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Apolinar performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 167 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Apolinar shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 519 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Apolinar in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Apolinar in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,292 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Apolinar at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

1,292

Since 1915

109 years of records

Peak year

1981

28 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1915

Recorded for 109 years

Last year on file: 2023

Apolinar popularity over time — boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1915

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (1981)
28
Annual births at peak — across 109 years of records
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Apolinar popularity over time — girls

5 total births recorded since 1927 (Apolinar as girls' name)

Unisex variant — 5 births
5 1927 5

Apolinar by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
167 births that decade — 13% of Apolinar's all-time total
1910s191920s1551930s1321940s1091950s1361960s961970s1191980s1671990s1592000s1352010s502020s15

Apolinar by state

Where Apolinar concentrates geographically — total births since 1915

Regionally concentrated
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Apolinar
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
519 40.2%
#2 California
187 14.5%
Texas share of Apolinar's total US births 40.2%
Even split

519 of 1,292 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Apolinar?
1,292 babies have been named Apolinar since 1915. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 1981 with 28 births.
When was Apolinar most popular?
Apolinar was most popular in the 1980s decade with 167 total births. The single peak year was 1981.
Where is Apolinar most popular?
The top states for the name Apolinar are Texas (519 births), California (187 births).
How long has the name Apolinar been used?
Apolinar has been recorded in Social Security data since 1915, spanning 109 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Apolinar?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Apollo, Apolonio, Apostolos, Apolo, and 2 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1915–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.