Apollonia
Feminine
Apollonia belongs to Apollo, and to a woman who died in Alexandria in the third century for refusing to renounce her faith. Her attackers broke her teeth, which is why she has been the patron of dentists and of anyone in pain from a tooth ever since, and why medieval Europe knew her name so well.
How old is the name Apollonia?
Apollonia first appears in US birth records in 1895 — 130 years ago. The typical Apollonia alive today was born around 2006, making them about 19 years old. About 700 people named Apollonia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Apollonia most popular?
Apollonia peaked in 1895, reaching #1426 nationally. Today it ranks #4758, 3,332 places below that high. See the whole 1895 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Apollonios to Apollonia
The story of Apollonia
Greek names built on the gods were ordinary in the ancient world, and Apollonios and Apollonia were among the commonest of them, worn by mathematicians, cities and thousands of people whose names survive only on stone. Christianity kept this one because of the Alexandrian martyr, whose feast was widely kept in medieval Europe and whose image, holding a tooth in a pair of pincers, appears in churches across Germany, Italy and Spain. The name stayed in Catholic use in Germany, Poland and Italy and came to the United States with families from all three.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The name means of Apollo, and Apollo's own name has no accepted etymology. Greek writers linked it to apollymi, to destroy, but that is folk etymology; scholars have proposed Anatolian and pre-Greek sources without agreement. So the name points clearly at a god whose name nobody can explain.
How the name formed
- Apollonios
- Apollonia
Related forms: Ἀπολλωνία · Apolonia · Apollonia · Apollonia · Apolonia
Pronouncing Apollonia
ap-uh-LOH-nee-uh
Five syllables, stress on the third. Italian and German say it much the same way; Polish drops one l and one syllable.
Nicknames for Apollonia
High
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1895
- Most girls named
- 198567 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1426reached in 1895
- Change vs 2024
- +47.4%28 in 2025, from 19
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Apollonia in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Ἀπολλωνία in Greek — transliteration
- Apolonia in Polish — spelling variant
- Apollonia in Italian — same name
- Apollonia in German — same name
- Apolonia in Spanish — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California.
Apollonias among us
people named Apollonia are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 57,402 born in 2025 was named Apollonia
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Apollonia
- #4758
- Apollonia on the 2025 chart
- #917
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Apollonia went to 28 girls in 2025, but Apolonia is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 43, which makes it the 917th most-given girls’ name of the year — 3,841 places above the chart.
- Apollonia28
- Apolonia15
About 1 girl in 37,378 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 57,402 for Apollonia itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Apollonia sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Apollonia is headed
Apollonia should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Apollonia beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Apollonia in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- It carries a documented saint with an unusually vivid story attached.
- It offers short forms of very different registers, from Pola to Nia.
- It is long and unmistakably classical, which very few names in current use are.
- Five syllables is a great deal of name for a form, a coach or a substitute teacher.
- Apolonia with one l is standard in Polish and Spanish, so spellings differ across one family.
- Its patronage is dental, which is charming to some families and an odd fact to explain to others.
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Frequently asked
- How many Apollonias are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Apollonia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Apollonia?
- Apollonia is the most-used spelling in US records — 28 of the 43 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Apolonia.
- How popular is the name Apollonia in 2025?
- Apollonia ranks #4758 among US girl names in 2025, with 28 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Apollonia?
- About 1 in every 57,402 US girls born in 2025 was named Apollonia — 28 in all.
- Will my child share the name Apollonia with classmates?
- Apollonia will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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