April

Origin: English (from Latin via Old French) — Name of the spring month, linked to the goddess Venus and renewal

Girl's name · #542 in the US (2025) · Retro

Popularity over time

April's best rank, #23, came in 1979; it has stepped well back to #542 today. Roughly 243,000 girls have been named April since 1917.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 32 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#97 in Ecuador (2025) · #164 in Scotland (2025) · #275 in Ireland (2025) · #321 in England & Wales (2025) · #343 in N. Ireland (2025) · #427 in France (2025) · #554 in Belgium (2025) · #1,029 in Switzerland (2025) · #651 in Canada (2024).

Famous Aprils

April Bowlby — American actress
April Winchell — American voice actress
April Pearson — British actress
April Ross — American beach volleyball player
April Ashley — English model, actress, author, and activist (1935–2021)

In stories & tradition

April O'Neil — Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (comics)
April Kepner — Grey's Anatomy (TV series)
April Ryan — The Longest Journey (video game)

What Aprils become

Among 306 notable people named April:

Entertainers appear 2.19× more often than among typical names — e.g. April Bowlby, American actress.

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