Girls' name · since 1984
Appollonia
55 babies named Appollonia in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #33,803 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 55
- born since 1984
- 1980s
- peak decade
Appollonia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 55 have been recorded since 1984.
Appollonia has 55 recorded births among girls since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 1993.
- #33,803 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 55 born since 1984
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Appollonia ranks #33,803 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 55 born since 1984, peaking in the 1980s.
- #33,803 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 55
- born since 1984
- 1980s
- peak decade
Appollonia's 55 recorded births place it above 52.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Illinois.
Appollonia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Appollonia's full recorded timeline at 1986, 40% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 60% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1993, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1985 peak of 27 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Appollonia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–1993
- Peak year (1985)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Appollonia by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (50 births, 91% of the file).
1980s was Appollonia's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 91% of all-time use.
Appollonia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
50 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 50 births (91% of all-time use).
Appollonia by state
Where Appollonia concentrates geographically, total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 5 | 9.1% |
5 of 55 births nationwide.
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What to do with Appollonia's data
- Appollonia's decade-level peak was the 1980s (50 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Illinois records the most Appollonias (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Appollonia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~9 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, 1984–1993 (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 Appollonia 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.