April — #502 US girls' name

What the Data Says About April

The Social Security Administration has registered 242,361 babies named April between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, April currently holds the #502 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 11,473 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that April performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 76,946 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, April shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 26,568 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list April in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for April 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 242,361 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.