Boys' name · since 1987
Apollos
229 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.
- #12,152 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,472 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 229
- born since 1987
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Apollos is the #4472 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 229 recorded since 1987.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Apollos has been recorded 229 times among boys since 1987, currently ranked #4472 nationally and more common than 68% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2025.
- #12,152 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,472 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 229 born since 1987
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Apollos ranks #12,152 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,472 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 229 born since 1987, peaking in the 2020s.
- #12,152 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,472 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 229
- born since 1987
- 2020s
- peak decade
Apollos's 229 recorded births place it above 73.24% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Apollos compares
229 40th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Apollos's all-time total is 38% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Apollos | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 229 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 34 | 22,252 |
Apollos's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Apollos's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 72% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 28%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1987, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 24, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Apollos popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Apollos by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (111 births, 48% of the file).
2020s was Apollos's strongest decade.
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Apollos births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2000s 15
2000s
15 births
- 2010s
2010s
98 births
- 2020s
2020s
111 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 111 births (48% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Apollos: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1987–2025 (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 Apollos 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.