Apollos — #4948 US boys' name
206 babies named Apollos in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 65% of names given to boys today.
48% of everyone ever named Apollos was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Apollos in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Apollos
The Social Security Administration has registered 206 babies named Apollos between 1987 and 2024, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Apollos currently holds the #4948 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Apollos performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 98 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Apollos shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Apollos 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 206 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.
Apollos at a glance
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Current rank
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Apollos popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1987
- Peak year (2023)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
Currently ranks #4948 among boys.
206 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 24 births in a single year.
Apollos by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 98 births that decade — 48% of Apollos's all-time total
Apollos decade highlights
- Peak decade 98 births
- Runner-up 88 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Apollos's strongest decade
98 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
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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, 1987–2024 (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.