Apostolos

Boys' name

Messenger, apostle

Apostolos has been given to 237 babies in the U.S. since 1966. 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 1976, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Apostolos, 2018

1 in 586,000

Apostolos 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Apostolos: meaning, origin, and history

Messenger, apostle

Ancient Greek

What Apostolos means

Apostolos means “messenger, apostle”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Apostolos is used in Greek.

Another recorded pronunciation is /a.ˈpo.sto.los/ for Apostolos.

Origin, language, and formation

Apostolos is used in English. Its origins include Ancient Greek.

Apostolos comes through Ancient Greek Απόστολος.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Apostolos is pronounced /əˈpɒstəlɪs/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 237 boys were recorded with the name Apostolos between 1966 and 2018. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1976; its best national rank was #2,955 in 1976.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Apostolos?

Apostolos 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 Apostolos 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 Apostolos. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Apostoloss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Apostolos was born before 1982 — so the typical Apostolos is around 43 today.

Median birth year: 1982; About 43 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 32.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 27.0%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 237; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 32.1% of all recorded uses (76).

Is Apostolos 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 1976 (13)
Years since peak: 49; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 20.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,955; 1976

Where Apostolos is used

Across 1910–2025, Apostolos was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 701,255 across all states with data.

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1New York1 in —

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. Apostolos has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Apostolos around the world

Where Apostolos ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2020–2025
#5,137
in 2025
Canada
2007–2007
#2,479
in 2007
South Australia
1954–2011
#487
in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Apostolos 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: #2,955; 1976
Peak year: 1976; 13 that year
First recorded: 1966
Last recorded: 2018
All-time count: 237
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Apostolos

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

Apollos Kyrillos Apolinar Joncarlos Yancarlos Jancarlos Evangelos Angelos Apolo Giancarlos Nickalos Decarlos Josecarlos Jeancarlos Apolonio Luiscarlos Nichalos Johncarlos Jencarlos Nikolos Nicklos Nichlos Nicholos Kyrollos

Sibling names for Apostolos

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

Chanda Jason Cary Kevin Karie Brandee Sunshine Sommer

For a brother

Jamey Torrey Federico Giuseppe Tory Rodrick Delvin Demond

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