Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Apollo

Gender

Male

Origin

Greek
Uncle of Tristan
Manly beauty

Syllables

3

Themes

  • Greek/Roman Mythology

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Apollo

Pronunciation

a-pollo, ap(ol)-lo

Famous People

Olympian Apolo Anton Ohno

Celebrity Babies

Son of Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2022 (rank #389, 820 births); most recent 2025 (rank #445, 708 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2021 (rank #12196, 7 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025708–
2024776–
2023717–
2022820–
20217877
20206655
2019590–
2018552–
2017528–
2016470–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2024 (rank #686, 53 births); most recent 2025 (rank #823, 39 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
202539
202453
202346
202250
202133
202026
201930
201821
201717
201621

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2022 (rank #2493, 10 births); most recent 2023 (rank #4157, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
20234
202210
20213
20204
20193
2018–
20173
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2024 (rank #748, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
20243
2023–
20223
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2020 (rank #711, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
20203
20193
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #350, 11 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
202111
20205
20195
201810
2017–
2016–
20155
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence