Meaning and history
Apphia is the Greek form of a Hebrew name that may have meant “increasing.” It appears in Paul’s Epistle to Philemon in the New Testament.
20062006: 5 births, rank #17,168
2007: no US SSA record for this spelling
2008: 6 births, rank #15,405
2009: 6 births, rank #15,242
2010: 5 births, rank #16,992
20112011: 8 births, rank #12,153
2012: 8 births, rank #12,199
2013: 7 births, rank #13,150
2014: 9 births, rank #10,955
2015: 9 births, rank #10,866
20162016: 7 births, rank #12,876
2017: 13 births, rank #8,299
2018: 15 births, rank #7,409
2019: 11 births, rank #9,112
2020: 19 births, rank #6,083
20212021: 21 births, rank #5,748
2022: 14 births, rank #7,631
2023: 8 births, rank #11,169
2024: 28 births, rank #4,772
20252025: 32 births, rank #4,352
In 2025, 32 babies were recorded with the name Apphia, ranking #4,352 among girls.