# April (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/april/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | “of the month of the goddess venus”, “venus”, “april”, “easter month” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈeɪ.pɹəl/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Apr, Aprill |
| US babies named this | 243,592 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 667 / 242,925 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 5,359, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Middle English apprile, Aprill, re-Latinised from Middle English aueril, from Old French avrill, from Latin Aprīlis (“of the month of the goddess Venus”), perhaps based on Etruscan 𐌀𐌐𐌓𐌖 (apru), from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē, “Venus”). Displaced native Old English ēastermōnaþ (“April”, literally “Easter month”), see Eastermonth.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 796 | 396 |
| 2012 | 785 | 396 |
| 2013 | 718 | 424 |
| 2014 | 795 | 405 |
| 2015 | 807 | 403 |
| 2016 | 824 | 405 |
| 2017 | 695 | 455 |
| 2018 | 656 | 477 |
| 2019 | 636 | 492 |
| 2020 | 585 | 517 |
| 2021 | 594 | 519 |
| 2022 | 588 | 530 |
| 2023 | 588 | 516 |
| 2024 | 609 | 502 |
| 2025 | 557 | 542 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 40 | 1,541 |
| 1983 | 23 | 2,214 |
| 1984 | 19 | 2,534 |
| 1985 | 25 | 2,172 |
| 1986 | 33 | 1,839 |
| 1987 | 25 | 2,275 |
| 1988 | 18 | 2,969 |
| 1989 | 26 | 2,475 |
| 1990 | 12 | 4,422 |
| 1991 | 7 | 6,556 |
| 1992 | 10 | 5,259 |
| 1993 | 16 | 3,831 |
| 1994 | 11 | 5,127 |
| 1999 | 5 | 10,013 |
| 2004 | 5 | 11,480 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 182 | 267 |
| 2012 | 216 | 233 |
| 2013 | 195 | 250 |
| 2014 | 241 | 216 |
| 2015 | 278 | 194 |
| 2016 | 259 | 205 |
| 2017 | 239 | 219 |
| 2018 | 233 | 219 |
| 2019 | 195 | 250 |
| 2020 | 179 | 265 |
| 2021 | 185 | 257 |
| 2022 | 160 | 286 |
| 2023 | 159 | 283 |
| 2024 | 121 | 360 |
| 2025 | 136 | 321 |

## People named April

- April Bowlby, American actress
- April Winchell, American voice actress
- April Pearson, British actress
- April Ross, American beach volleyball player
- April Heinrichs, American former soccer player and coach
- April O'Neil, American pornographic actress
- April Ashley, English model, actress, author, and activist (1935–2021)
- April Parker Jones, American actress
- April Matson, American actress and singer
- April Hunter, American professional wrestler, professional wrestling valet and model
- April Telek, Canadian actress
- April Flores, American pornographic actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.