How rare is the name Apolinar?

3,741 people in the United States have the first name Apolinar, about 1 in 80,736. It ranks #4,819 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

APOLINAR

#4,819

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,741
About
1 in 80,736
This common or more
84.5%
Who bears it

Of the 3,741 people named Apolinar, 96% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino and 2.8% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 96.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Apolinar peaked in 1927, when 32 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19152025
Peak year
1927
Births that year
32
In 2025*
7 ▼78%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,304 babies have been given the name since 1915. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Apolinar by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #3,992. The largest share of babies named Apolinar, 20.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1910s#8,35719
1920s#4,016160
1930s#3,992132
1940s#4,821109
1950s#4,938136
1960s#6,61996
1970s#7,441119
1980s#7,158167
1990s#9,458159
2000s#13,317135
2010s#24,32750
2020s#26,00922
Greatest Generation 1901–2711.6%
Silent Generation 1928–4516.6%
Baby boom 1946–6418.6%
Generation X 1965–8013.7%
Millennials 1981–9620.2%
Generation Z 1997–1215.7%
2013 and later3.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Exactly as common as Apolinar

1 other first name also has 3,741 people.

#4,819 Silverio · 3,741

Either side of Apolinar

#4,817 Iyanna · 3,746#4,818 Satish · 3,743#4,819 Silverio · 3,741#4,821 Anny · 3,739

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Apolinar, most common first.

#22,463 Apolinario · 443#42,763 Apolinaria · 167#51,177 Apolina · 115

Also a last name

As a last name, Apolinar ranks #14,592 of 156,621, with 1,960 people. See Apolinar as a last name

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