Apolonia
Apolonia is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 16 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 160.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 199025 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1885
- 1,069people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,069 girls have been named Apolonia in the United States since 1885, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1990, with 25 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1953, and the 1920s alone account for 15%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Apolonia | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1890s | 25 | |
| 1900s | 45 | |
| 1910s | 137 | |
| 1920s | 165 | |
| 1930s | 122 | |
| 1940s | 27 | |
| 1950s | 25 | |
| 1960s | 16 | |
| 1970s | 17 | |
| 1980s | 111 | |
| 1990s | 134 | |
| 2000s | 78 | |
| 2010s | 100 | |
| 2020s | 62 |
In 1990, its biggest year
Apolonia was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1990 were Jessica, Ashley, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha. See all of 1990.
Names that rose and fell with Apolonia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Alyspeak 1920
- Rubypeak 1924
- Rubiepeak 1921
- Jewelpeak 1920
- Faustinapeak 1924
- Cleopatrapeak 1974
- Genevievepeak 1918
- Bethelpeak 1922
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.