# Avril (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/avril/  
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 | “april” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈævɹɪl/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,484 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 3,479 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 310, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

20th-century invention from French avril (“April”).

## 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 | 144 | 1,525 |
| 2012 | 136 | 1,592 |
| 2013 | 111 | 1,826 |
| 2014 | 102 | 1,958 |
| 2015 | 129 | 1,660 |
| 2016 | 124 | 1,714 |
| 2017 | 112 | 1,833 |
| 2018 | 115 | 1,775 |
| 2019 | 127 | 1,657 |
| 2020 | 107 | 1,831 |
| 2021 | 106 | 1,874 |
| 2022 | 111 | 1,828 |
| 2023 | 111 | 1,814 |
| 2024 | 108 | 1,854 |
| 2025 | 108 | 1,845 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 5 | 8,988 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 1,903 |
| 2012 | 13 | 2,095 |
| 2013 | 13 | 2,062 |
| 2014 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,705 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3,214 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,925 |
| 2018 | 13 | 2,090 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,846 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,325 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1,705 |
| 2024 | 14 | 2,000 |
| 2025 | 13 | 2,138 |

## People named Avril

- Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1984)
- Avril Haines, 7th Director of National Intelligence
- Avril Elgar, English actress (1932–2021)

## 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.