Girls' name · since 1983
Apphia
Since 1983, U.S. Social Security records show 257 babies named Apphia, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,324 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,403 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 257
- born since 1983
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Apphia is the #4403 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 257 recorded since 1983.
Apphia has 257 recorded births among girls since 1983, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4403 as of the latest data, more common than 75% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2025.
- #17,324 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,403 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 257 born since 1983
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Apphia ranks #17,324 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,403 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 257 born since 1983, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,324 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,403 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 257
- born since 1983
- 2020s
- peak decade
Apphia's 257 recorded births place it above 75.99% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Apphia compares
257 42nd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Apphia's all-time total is 32% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Apphia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 257 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 32 | 21 | 19,840 |
Apphia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Apphia's full recorded timeline at 2014, 72% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 28% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1986, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 32 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Apphia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Apphia by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (122 births, 47% of the file).
2020s was Apphia's strongest decade.
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Apphia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 26
1980s
26 births
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
- 2010s
2010s
92 births
- 2020s
2020s
122 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 122 births (47% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Apphia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~42 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, 1983–2025 (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 Apphia 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.