Apolonio

Boys' name

From Spanish Apolonio; literal meaning unconfirmed

Apolonio has been given to 1,470 babies in the U.S. since 1909. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1925, with 33 recorded.

Babies named Apolonio, 2018

1 in 586,000

Apolonio over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Apolonio: meaning, origin, and history

From Spanish Apolonio; literal meaning unconfirmed

Spanish, Ancient Greek and Latin

What Apolonio means

Apolonio is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Apolonio is used in Cebuano, Spanish and Tagalog. Its origins include Spanish, Ancient Greek and Latin.

Apolonio comes through Spanish Apolonio.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Spanish, Apolonio is pronounced /apoˈlonjo/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,470 boys were recorded with the name Apolonio between 1909 and 2018. Its highest annual count was 33 in 1925; its best national rank was #1,237 in 1929.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Apolonio?

Apolonio had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2018, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2018: 1 in 586,000; 6 of 3,516,853 births
Among boys only: 1 in 303,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2018: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 406,284 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Apolonio sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2018 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 406,284 children born in 2018 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Apolonio. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Apolonios were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Apolonio was born before 1955 — so the typical Apolonio is around 70 today.

Median birth year: 1955; About 70 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 16.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 13.1%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 834; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 16.5% of all recorded uses (242).

Is Apolonio rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1925 (33)
Years since peak: 100; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 28.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,237; 1929

Where Apolonio is used

Across 1910–2025, Apolonio was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 16,667 boys, against 1 in 36,438 across all states with data. It was least common in New Mexico (1 in 100,000).

16 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Texas1 in 16,667
2California1 in 100,000
3New Mexico1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Apolonio has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Apolonio by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #1,237; 1929
Peak year: 1925; 33 that year
First recorded: 1909
Last recorded: 2018
All-time count: 1,470
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Apolonio

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Apolinar Epifanio Santonio Arsenio Anthonio Herminio Apollos Eugenio Apollo Apostolos Antionio Higinio Apolo Joseantonio Epimenio Dantonio Erminio Virginio Altonio Arcenio Macedonio Marcoantonio Ennio Celedonio

Sibling names for Apolonio

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Concepcion Easter Gene Rosina Kattie Lavon Blanch Jaunita

For a brother

Domenick Hosea Rollin Jewel Eldridge Lenard Merritt Lacy

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