Apollonia

girls:

670 births since 1895

#5046 (12th percentile)

overall:

670 births since 1895

#7069 (9th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Apollonia is the #7,069 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 670 recorded births since 1895. This represents the 8.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,046 (11.7% percentile) for all time with 670 births since 1895.

Apollonia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1895 (first recorded for girls in 1895). Birth data for Apollonia is available in 41 out of the 129 years between 1895 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For girls, Apollonia reached its peak popularity in 1985, achieving the 7.8% percentile (ranked #738) with 36 births per million. The name was most common in 1985, with 36 births per million (ranked 7.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Apollonia ranks #928 for girls (2.0% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 37.8% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Apollonia".

1895 2023 18952023

Key Statistics

Total Births
670
Peak Births
67
Peak Year
1985
First Recorded
1895
Peak Percentile
7.8%
Current Percentile
2.0%
Peak Rank
#738
Current Rank
#928
Female statistics

How to Pronounce Apollonia

Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Apollonia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 44.1% confident that Apollonia is pronounced as a-puh-LOH-nee-uh, which has 5 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is a-puh-LOH-nyuh, at 14.7% confidence, with 4 syllables.

a-puh-LOH-nee-uh (5 syllables)
44.1% confidence
AE0 P AH0 L OW1 N IY0 AH0
a-puh-LOH-nyuh (4 syllables)
14.7% confidence
AE0 P AH0 L OW1 N Y AH0
uh-puh-LOH-nyuh (4 syllables)
14.7% confidence
AH0 P AH0 L OW1 N Y AH0
uh-puh-LOH-nee-uh (5 syllables)
14.7% confidence
AH0 P AH0 L OW1 N IY0 AH0
uh-pah-LOH-nee-uh (5 syllables)
5.9% confidence
AH0 P AA0 L OW1 N IY0 AH0
uh-poh-LOH-nee-uh (5 syllables)
5.9% confidence
AH0 P OW0 L OW1 N IY0 AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like AE0 P AH0 L OW1 N IY0 AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

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