Girls' name · since 1947
Aprile
Aprile has 481 recorded births since 1947 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1973 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,146 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 481
- born since 1947
- 1970s
- peak decade
481 girls have been named Aprile since 1947, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Aprile has 481 recorded births among girls since 1947, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 1992.
- #12,146 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 481 born since 1947
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aprile ranks #12,146 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 481 born since 1947, peaking in the 1970s.
- #12,146 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 481
- born since 1947
- 1970s
- peak decade
Aprile's 481 recorded births place it above 83.19% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Aprile's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Aprile's full recorded timeline at 1970, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1947, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1973 peak of 22 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Aprile popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–1992
- Peak year (1973)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Aprile by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (174 births, 36% of the file).
1970s was Aprile's strongest decade.
174 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Aprile births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 67
1950s
67 births
- 1960s
1960s
125 births
- 1970s
1970s
174 births
- 1980s
1980s
95 births
- 1990s 15
1990s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 174 births (36% of all-time use).
Aprile by state
Where Aprile concentrates geographically, total births since 1947
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 1.0% |
5 of 481 births nationwide.
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What to do with Aprile's data
- Aprile's decade-level peak was the 1970s (174 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Apriles (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Aprile: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~45 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1947–1992 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Aprile draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.