April Girl
How popular is April?
#542 girl name in 2025
557 baby girls were named April in the US in 2025, making it the 542nd most popular girl name.
April popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #542 for girls (▼ 40 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 557 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-31% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #403 in 2015, #517 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1980 (11,472 girls) |
| Highest rank | #23 in 1979 |
| First recorded | 1917 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
April counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the April family of names ranked #515 for girls in 2025 (#474 the year before), with 566 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| April | 557 | 98% |
| Apryl | 9 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where April is most popular
Babies named April per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Massachusetts: 0.6 per 1,000 (75 girls)
- Maryland: 0.6 per 1,000 (65 girls)
- California: 0.6 per 1,000 (507 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.6 per 1,000 (106 girls)
- Nevada: 0.6 per 1,000 (26 girls)
April by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 14 | #3,450 |
| 1920s | 111 | #1,896 |
| 1930s | 196 | #925 |
| 1940s | 2,959 | #352 |
| 1950s | 10,176 | #211 |
| 1960s | 28,306 | #79 |
| 1970s | 76,946 | #23 |
| 1980s | 75,950 | #25 |
| 1990s | 25,772 | #73 |
| 2000s | 11,420 | #214 |
| 2010s | 7,554 | #375 |
| 2020s | 3,521 | #502 |
Girl names about as popular as April
Questions
- Is April a boy or girl name?
- April is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named April were girls.
- How popular is the name April?
- 557 baby girls were named April in the US in 2025, making it the 542nd most popular girl name.
- When was April most popular?
- April peaked in 1980, when 11,472 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #23 in 1979.
- How many people are named April?
- 243,592 babies have been named April in the US since 1880. We estimate about 230,900 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 46.
- Where is April most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, April was most common in Massachusetts, at 0.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.