Apolonia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-poh-LOH-nya
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Apolonia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “of Apollo”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Apolonia mean?
Greek: Polish and Spanish form of Apollonia
“of Apollo”
Saint Apollonia, an early martyr of Alexandria, is the patron saint of dentists.
Is Apolonia a girl's or a boy's name?
Apolonia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Apolonia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,856th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Apolonia, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Apolonia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were given Apolonia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,686, up from #2,856 for this spelling alone.
- Apolonia 9
- Apollonia 6
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Apolonia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 2 | #7,600 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
How popular is Apolonia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,131st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Apolonia, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 1990, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1885.
Half of all the girls named Apolonia in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Apolonia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,644 |
| 1990 | 25 | #3,998 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,842 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,888 |
| 1987 | 23 | #3,740 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,344 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,633 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,276 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,423 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,417 |
| 1938 | 13 | #2,340 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,939 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,304 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,922 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,687 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,488 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,579 |
| 1930 | 24 | #1,606 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,824 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,283 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,698 |
| 1926 | 24 | #1,720 |
| 1925 | 23 | #1,794 |
| 1924 | 20 | #1,991 |
| 1923 | 17 | #2,169 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,653 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,633 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,590 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,639 |
| 1918 | 23 | #1,690 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,427 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,246 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,963 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,818 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,766 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,843 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,545 |
| 1910 | 13 | #1,267 |
| 1909 | 12 | #1,219 |
| 1908 | 10 | #1,357 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,297 |
| 1904 | 9 | #1,250 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,501 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,236 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 7 | #1,171 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,047 |
Names like Apolonia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ophelia, Amelia, Aurelia, Sophia, Ada, Anastasia, Emilia, Matilda, Cecilia, Alba, Eliza, Cora
Other spellings of Apolonia
Names related to Apolonia
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, “Apolonia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/apolonia, updated 20 October 2026.