How common is the name April?

206,083 people in the United States have the first name April, about 1 in 1,466. It ranks #269 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

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#269

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
206,083
About
1 in 1,466
This common or more
47%
Who bears it

Of the 206,083 people named April, 68.1% reported their origin as White, 13.7% as Black and 10.8% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

April peaked in 1980, when 11,517 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19172025
Peak year
1980
Births that year
11,517
In 2025*
557 ▼95%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 243,592 babies have been given the name since 1917. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

April by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #79. The largest share of babies named April, 43.8%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1910s#9,16714
1920s#5,007111
1930s#3,138196
1940s#7962,959
1950s#48510,185
1960s#26028,381
1970s#7977,186
1980s#9176,227
1990s#26225,833
2000s#56611,425
2010s#8157,554
2020s#1,0333,521
Greatest Generation 1901–270%
Silent Generation 1928–450.6%
Baby boom 1946–649.2%
Generation X 1965–8043.8%
Millennials 1981–9635.2%
Generation Z 1997–127.7%
2013 and later3.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where April is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, April has been most common in Tennessee (1.5×), Alaska (1.5×), and Alabama (1.4×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.54×).

240,689 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of April

#267 Jeff · 208,615#268 Connor · 208,374#270 Arthur · 205,844#271 Russell · 202,735

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of April, most common first.

#5,744 Apryl · 2,912#20,856 Aprile · 492#23,940 Aprill · 406#50,487 Aprel · 119

Also a last name

As a last name, April ranks #20,545 of 156,621, with 1,306 people. See April as a last name

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