Girls' name · since 1951
Aprill
406 babies named Aprill in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,387 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 406
- born since 1951
- 1970s
- peak decade
Aprill sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 406 recorded since 1951.
Aprill has 406 recorded births among girls since 1951, 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 1951 to 2014.
- #13,387 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 406 born since 1951
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aprill ranks #13,387 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 406 born since 1951, peaking in the 1970s.
- #13,387 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 406
- born since 1951
- 1970s
- peak decade
Aprill's 406 recorded births place it above 81.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by North Carolina.
Aprill's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Aprill's SSA record in two at 1977 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1951, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1973 peak of 22, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Aprill popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–2014
- Peak year (1973)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Aprill by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (161 births, 40% of the file).
1970s was Aprill's strongest decade.
161 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Aprill births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
87 births
- 1970s
1970s
161 births
- 1980s
1980s
116 births
- 1990s 32
1990s
32 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 161 births (40% of all-time use).
Aprill by state
Where Aprill concentrates geographically, total births since 1951
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 5 | 1.2% |
5 of 406 births nationwide.
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What to do with Aprill's data
- Aprill's decade-level peak was the 1970s (161 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- North Carolina records the most Aprills (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina 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 Aprill: 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 (~63 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, 1951–2014 (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 Aprill 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.