Apolonia
Apolonia is a name with multiple cultural origins: Spanish, Polish, Portuguese.
- Spanish
- Polish
- Portuguese
Meaning & Origin of Apolonia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Apolonia is a name with multiple cultural origins: Spanish, Polish, Portuguese.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
- Polish
- Portuguese
The Story of Apolonia
Apolonia first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1885, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1990: 25 births, good for #4,003 nationwide. As of 2026, Apolonia ranks #6,503 for baby girls with 17 births, rising sharply (+52% over the past five years). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Apolonia
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Apolonia. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Apolonia
Phonetically similar names — useful when Apolonia is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Apollonia
- Appolonia
- Apollonian
- Apollonius
- Abalone
- Appalachia
- Babylonia
- Abalones
- Abelone
- Polonia
- Colonia
- Kolonia
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Apolonia
Apolonia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1885 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Apolonia's peak popularity came in 1990 when it ranked #1,047. Use the chart and map above to compare Apolonia's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.