Apolo
Boy · a-POL-oh · Greek
Apolo is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,138th for boys in the US (25 babies).
What does Apolo mean?
Greek: spelling of Apollo
Greek and Roman god of music, poetry, prophecy and healing; NASA named its Moon-landing programme after him.
- Say it
- a-POL-oh
Meaning borrowed from Apollo. More on Wiktionary.
Is Apolo a girl's or a boy's name?
Apolo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Apolo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,138among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 68,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 120% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 25 boys in the US were named Apolo, making it the 4,138th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. It first appears in the records in 2002.
2025 had the most boys named Apolo of any year since it first appeared, in 2002.
Half of all the boys named Apolo in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 733 boys in the US were given Apolo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #437, up from #4,138 for this spelling alone.
- Apollo 708
- Apolo 25
Apolo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #4,138 |
| 2024 | 24 | #4,318 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
Names like Apolo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Apolo
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