Aprile — girls' name
481 babies named Aprile in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
36% of everyone ever named Aprile was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Aprile in 1973 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Aprile
The Social Security Administration has registered 481 babies named Aprile between 1947 and 1992, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aprile currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Aprile performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 174 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Aprile shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Aprile in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Aprile 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 481 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.
Aprile at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Aprile popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1947
- Peak year (1973)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
481 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1973 with 22 births in a single year.
Aprile by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 174 births that decade — 36% of Aprile's all-time total
Aprile decade highlights
- Peak decade 174 births
- Runner-up 125 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Aprile's strongest decade
174 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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.
Top 5 states
- New York 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 1.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1947–1992 (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.