Apolinar
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Meaning
the Spanish form of Apollinaris, an ancient Greek name taken from the god Apollo, whose name is of unknown meaning
How popular is Apolinar around the world?
In the United States, 22 babies were named Apolinar between 2020 and 2025. In Spain, 541 residents are named Apolinar, ranked 2,168th among men, with a mean age of 67.3 years.
Apolinar is on the official records of the United States, Spain and Mexico City.
United States
1 in 990,000
In the United States, 22 babies were named Apolinar between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Apolinar has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Spain
1 in 83,000
In Spain, 541 residents are named Apolinar, ranked 2,168th among men, with a mean age of 67.3 years.
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Mexico City City
1 in 120,000
In Mexico City, there was 1 registration of Apolinar in 2022.
The count never rose above 7 in a year, too few to chart.
Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023
Not on 14 other recordsWhy
- Not on the record in Argentina, Puerto Rico, England and Wales, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
- Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown.
- Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years.
- Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown.
- Not on the South Australia record for 1944 to 2017: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years.
- Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only).
- Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Apolinar
Most people given the name Apolinar in the United States were born between 1960 and 2009. The Apolinar you meet today is most often in his 30s or 40s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Apolinar deep dive
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