Apollos
Boy · uh-POL-us · Greek
Apollos is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “belonging to Apollo”. In 2025 it ranked 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Apollos mean?
Greek: Greek, short form of Apollonius
“belonging to Apollo”
Apollos was an eloquent Jewish Christian from Alexandria who taught at Ephesus and Corinth in the Book of Acts.
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Is Apollos a girl's or a boy's name?
Apollos is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Apollos in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,395among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 76% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Apollos, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the boys named Apollos in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Apollos in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 24 | #4,339 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
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