Appollonia — girls' name
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.
91% of everyone ever named Appollonia was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Appollonia in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Appollonia
The Social Security Administration has registered 55 babies named Appollonia between 1984 and 1993, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Appollonia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 27 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Appollonia performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 50 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Appollonia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Appollonia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Appollonia 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 55 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.
Appollonia at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Appollonia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1984
- Peak year (1985)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
55 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 27 births in a single year.
Appollonia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 50 births that decade — 91% of Appollonia's all-time total
Appollonia decade highlights
- Peak decade 50 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Appollonia's strongest decade
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 9.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 9.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1984–1993 (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.