Apollo

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Apollo: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Apollo: Recorded since 2004, its highest recorded position is #679, and it stood at #685 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#679highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2004–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#3009
2006	#4052
2007	#3095
2011	#3830
2013	#2055
2014	#2079
2015	#1236
2016	#1271
2017	#1470
2018	#1235
2019	#952
2020	#1051
2021	#907
2022	#679
2023	#728
2024	#685

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 16 of the 21 years from 2004 to 2024.

In 2024: #685 among boys in England and Wales, #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2004–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #3009 among boys in England and Wales in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2004–2024
Highest recorded position: #679 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 2004–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #685 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Apollo appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 16 years beginning in 2004, and has registered 354 births with the name.

Apollo across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Apollo's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#3009 (2004)	#679 (2022)	#685 (2024)	16 of 21	354 (2004–2024)	53 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#779 (2022)	#779 (2022)	#785 (2024)	2 of 3	6 (2022–2024)	3 (2022)

Apollo by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Apollo in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	12	3 of 10	4
2010s	134	8 of 10	17
2020sbusiest	208	5 of 10	42

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 42 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Apollo appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #679 in England and Wales in 2022.

Apollo's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#685	53	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#728	46	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#679	50	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#907	33	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1051	26	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#952	30	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1235	21	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1470	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1271	21	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1236	21	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2055	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2004 and 2024, ranked in 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #679, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 53 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2022, and 18 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Aphra · #896, 21y
Apolline · #2502, 14y
Apollonia · #3005, 10y
Apolonia · #768, 14y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ruby-Leigh · #679, 19y
Alyx · #677, 19y
Atene · #677, 14y
Comfort · #677, 21y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Ruby-Leigh · #679, 19y
Kaydon · #678, 25y
Atene · #677, 14y
Chinyere · #677, 10y

Apollo was ranked #679 in England and Wales · Boys in 2022. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Apollo and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Apollo without appearing here.

Apollo moved ahead of

Aria Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3830 and #1788 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1236 and #4747.
Arne Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3095 and #3095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1236 and #4747.
Harald Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4052 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1236 and #4747.
Erin Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3830 and #2892 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2055 and #4685.

Moved the opposite way to Apollo

Aaron Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Apollo went from #3009 to #685 while Aaron went from #41 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Apollo went from #3009 to #685 while Adam went from #24 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Apollo went from #3009 to #685 while Alan went from #275 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Apollo went from #3009 to #685 while Alex went from #46 to #171.

Moved the same way as Apollo

Albie Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Apollo went from #3009 to #685 and Albie from #408 to #19.
Alfred Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Apollo went from #3009 to #685 and Alfred from #171 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Apollo went from #3009 to #685 and Archie from #45 to #10.
Arlo Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Apollo went from #3009 to #685 and Arlo from #875 to #15.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #679 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Apollo

Apollo at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Apollo across 2 official records

Apollo by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Apollo appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Apollo at a glance

Apollo across 2 official records

Apollo by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Apollo appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Apollo

Apollo and the names beside it

Apollo moved ahead of

Moved the opposite way to Apollo

Moved the same way as Apollo