Apolinar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- a-poh-lee-NAR
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Apolinar is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “sacred to Apollo”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Apolinar mean?
Greek: Spanish form of Latin Apollinaris, from Apollo
“sacred to Apollo”
The Spanish form of Latin Apollinaris, sacred to Apollo; Saint Apollinaris was the first bishop of Ravenna.
Is Apolinar a girl's or a boy's name?
Apolinar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Apolinar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Apolinar, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1981, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
2025 had more boys named Apolinar than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Apolinar in the US since 1880 were born between 1942 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.
Apolinar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 25 | #3,405 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 21 | #3,186 |
| 1994 | 26 | #2,761 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 17 | #3,597 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,198 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,503 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,705 |
| 1983 | 17 | #2,675 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 28 | #1,941 |
| 1980 | 18 | #2,616 |
| 1979 | 18 | #2,567 |
| 1978 | 18 | #2,472 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 13 | #2,900 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,672 |
| 1973 | 14 | #2,604 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 10 | #2,672 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 1961 | 18 | #1,947 |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 14 | #2,176 |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 19 | #1,820 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,557 |
| 1954 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 1953 | 16 | #1,957 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,072 |
| 1951 | 21 | #1,642 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,018 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,224 |
| 1948 | 9 | #2,607 |
| 1947 | 17 | #1,849 |
| 1946 | 15 | #1,883 |
| 1945 | 9 | #2,392 |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,861 |
| 1943 | 10 | #2,404 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,144 |
| 1941 | 13 | #1,997 |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,185 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,197 |
| 1936 | 14 | #1,872 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,584 |
| 1934 | 27 | #1,293 |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,737 |
| 1932 | 14 | #1,995 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,207 |
| 1930 | 16 | #1,889 |
| 1929 | 17 | #1,848 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,522 |
| 1927 | 27 | #1,436 |
| 1926 | 20 | #1,720 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,088 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,229 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,019 |
| 1922 | 10 | #2,800 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,501 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,335 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
Names like Apolinar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Apolinar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/apolinar, updated 20 October 2026.