Apollo
Boy · a-POL-oh · Greek
Apollo is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 882nd for boys in the UK (39 babies) and 445th for boys in the US (708 babies).
What does Apollo mean?
Greek
Greek and Roman god of music, poetry, prophecy and healing; NASA named its Moon-landing programme after him.
- Say it
- a-POL-oh
More on Wiktionary.
Is Apollo a girl's or a boy's name?
Apollo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 39 boys in the UK and 708 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Apollo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #882among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 39about 1 in 7,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 67% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 39 boys in the UK were named Apollo, making it the 882nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,054th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 53 boys.
Half of all the boys named Apollo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 822nd in England and Wales.
Apollo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #882 |
| 2024 | 53 | #728 |
| 2023 | 47 | #779 |
| 2022 | 51 | #732 |
| 2021 | 35 | #960 |
| 2020 | 29 | #1,054 |
| 2019 | 33 | #970 |
| 2018 | 21 | #1,327 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,563 |
| 2016 | 21 | #1,347 |
| 2015 | 22 | #1,268 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
How popular is Apollo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #445among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 708about 1 in 2,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 708 boys in the US were named Apollo, making it the 445th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 448th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 820 boys. It first appears in the records in 1965.
2025 had fewer boys named Apollo than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Apollo in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 733 boys in the US were given Apollo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #437, up from #445 for this spelling alone.
- Apollo 708
- Apolo 25
Apollo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 708 | #445 |
| 2024 | 781 | #413 |
| 2023 | 718 | #434 |
| 2022 | 820 | #389 |
| 2021 | 787 | #397 |
| 2020 | 666 | #448 |
| 2019 | 590 | #489 |
| 2018 | 552 | #512 |
| 2017 | 529 | #535 |
| 2016 | 470 | #586 |
| 2015 | 323 | #749 |
| 2014 | 288 | #795 |
| 2013 | 205 | #974 |
| 2012 | 203 | #983 |
| 2011 | 143 | #1,219 |
| 2010 | 142 | #1,240 |
| 2009 | 80 | #1,838 |
| 2008 | 80 | #1,825 |
| 2007 | 93 | #1,650 |
| 2006 | 72 | #1,876 |
| 2005 | 43 | #2,563 |
| 2004 | 38 | #2,737 |
| 2003 | 31 | #3,040 |
| 2002 | 48 | #2,191 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 20 | #3,593 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 23 | #2,822 |
| 1990 | 22 | #2,859 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 21 | #2,677 |
| 1987 | 28 | #2,111 |
| 1986 | 41 | #1,587 |
| 1985 | 30 | #1,915 |
| 1984 | 22 | #2,291 |
| 1983 | 24 | #2,139 |
| 1982 | 39 | #1,562 |
| 1981 | 20 | #2,417 |
| 1980 | 23 | #2,213 |
| 1979 | 46 | #1,370 |
| 1978 | 26 | #1,913 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,855 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,557 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 15 | #2,216 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
Names like Apollo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Apollo
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