Abril — #1165 US girls' name
9,123 babies named Abril in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 93% of names given to girls today.
41% of everyone ever named Abril was born in this single decade.
737 babies were named Abril in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Abril
The Social Security Administration has registered 9,123 babies named Abril between 1969 and 2024, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Abril currently holds the #1165 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 737 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Abril performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 3,718 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Abril shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,385 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Abril in 30 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Abril in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 9,123 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Abril at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Abril popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1969
- Peak year (2007)
- 737
- Annual births at peak — across 56 years of records
Currently ranks #1165 among girls.
9,123 total births across 56 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 737 births in a single year.
Abril popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 2002 (Abril as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Abril accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Abril by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 3,718 births that decade — 41% of Abril's all-time total
Abril decade highlights
- Peak decade 3,718 births
- Runner-up 3,047 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Abril's strongest decade
3,718 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Abril by state
Where Abril concentrates geographically — total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,385 | 26.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,116 | 23.2% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 478 | 5.2% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 472 | 5.2% |
| #5 | Florida | | 302 | 3.3% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 282 | 3.1% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 245 | 2.7% |
| #8 | New York | | 243 | 2.7% |
2,385 of 9,123 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 30 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 26.1% of nationwide
- Texas 23.2% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.2% of nationwide
- Arizona 5.2% of nationwide
- Florida 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 30 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 26.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Abril appears in 30 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1969–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.