Apollonia
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,757 for girls
Apollonia is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 4,757th for girls in the US (28 babies).
What does Apollonia mean?
Greek
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Apollonia a girl's or a boy's name?
Apollonia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 28 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Apollonia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 500% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Apollonia, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2008, with 7 girls.
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were given Apollonia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,686, up from #3,776 for this spelling alone.
- Apolonia 9
- Apollonia 6
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Apollonia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
How popular is Apollonia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,757th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28 about 1 in 57,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the US were named Apollonia, making it the 4,757th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 1985, with 67 girls. It first appears in the records in 1895.
2025 had more girls named Apollonia than any year since 1987.
Half of all the girls named Apollonia in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Apollonia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #4,757 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 24 | #5,245 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,145 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 1990 | 19 | #4,863 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 29 | #3,166 |
| 1986 | 53 | #2,024 |
| 1985 | 67 | #1,709 |
| 1984 | 28 | #3,068 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,426 |
Names like Apollonia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anastasia, Aria, Sophia, Amelia, Arabella, Athena, Alessia, Emilia, Lyra, Aurelia, Ariana, Ariella
Other spellings of Apollonia
Names related to Apollonia
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Apollonia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/apollonia, updated 20 October 2026.