April
Rank in 2025
#542
recorded as girls
Down 40 since 2024
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
557
girls 557
Peak year
1980
11,472 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
243,592
since 1917
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
April was most popular in 1980, when 11,472 babies recorded as girls got the name (6.9 per 1,000). In 2025, 557 babies were named April, ranking #542 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 557 | 542 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 609 | 502 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 588 | 516 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 588 | 530 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 594 | 519 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 585 | 517 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 636 | 492 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 656 | 477 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 695 | 455 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 824 | 405 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 807 | 403 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 795 | 405 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 718 | 424 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 785 | 395 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 796 | 396 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 842 | 375 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 914 | 355 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 1,022 | 329 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 1,093 | 310 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 1,035 | 317 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 1,055 | 302 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 1,180 | 277 | 5 | 11356 |
| 2003 | 1,118 | 278 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 1,252 | 254 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 1,300 | 245 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 1,451 | 214 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 1,554 | 199 | 5 | 9912 |
| 1998 | 1,662 | 182 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 1,602 | 188 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 1,764 | 177 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 2,076 | 155 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 2,521 | 127 | 11 | 5109 |
| 1993 | 2,933 | 112 | 16 | 3819 |
| 1992 | 3,231 | 103 | 10 | 5236 |
| 1991 | 3,857 | 88 | 7 | 6519 |
| 1990 | 4,572 | 73 | 12 | 4407 |
| 1989 | 4,734 | 66 | 26 | 2469 |
| 1988 | 4,840 | 65 | 18 | 2961 |
| 1987 | 5,295 | 58 | 25 | 2272 |
| 1986 | 5,677 | 53 | 33 | 1837 |
| 1985 | 6,691 | 47 | 25 | 2171 |
| 1984 | 7,566 | 42 | 19 | 2529 |
| 1983 | 8,209 | 39 | 23 | 2208 |
| 1982 | 10,060 | 32 | 40 | 1539 |
| 1981 | 11,406 | 25 | 23 | 2204 |
| 1980 | 11,472 | 26 | 45 | 1410 |
| 1979 | 10,902 | 23 | 36 | 1598 |
| 1978 | 9,590 | 27 | 29 | 1794 |
| 1977 | 8,068 | 29 | 26 | 1904 |
| 1976 | 7,761 | 30 | 26 | 1873 |
| 1975 | 8,245 | 25 | 29 | 1704 |
| 1974 | 8,454 | 28 | 21 | 2050 |
| 1973 | 7,264 | 33 | 21 | 1982 |
| 1972 | 6,120 | 48 | 17 | 2243 |
| 1971 | 5,939 | 56 | 19 | 2126 |
| 1970 | 4,603 | 82 | 16 | 2293 |
| 1969 | 3,802 | 97 | 13 | 2415 |
| 1968 | 3,622 | 96 | 7 | 3365 |
| 1967 | 4,466 | 79 | 13 | 2242 |
| 1966 | 3,251 | 108 | 14 | 2132 |
| 1965 | 2,812 | 136 | 5 | 3930 |
| 1964 | 2,602 | 151 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 2,196 | 175 | 5 | 4048 |
| 1962 | 1,814 | 199 | 6 | 3640 |
| 1961 | 1,807 | 201 | 7 | 3356 |
| 1960 | 1,934 | 191 | 5 | 4038 |
| 1959 | 1,560 | 211 | 9 | 2821 |
| 1958 | 1,352 | 224 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 1,308 | 233 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 1,212 | 236 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 1,251 | 229 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 950 | 273 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 822 | 290 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 824 | 281 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 503 | 356 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 394 | 402 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 464 | 365 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 383 | 407 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 512 | 354 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 460 | 352 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 242 | 457 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 165 | 568 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 220 | 502 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 232 | 485 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 176 | 525 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 105 | 675 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 58 | 925 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 19 | 1805 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 24 | 1539 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 20 | 1691 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 15 | 2095 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 11 | 2567 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 11 | 2540 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 14 | 2235 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 6 | 3848 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 18 | 1934 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 12 | 2587 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 20 | 1897 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 15 | 2339 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 13 | 2569 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 13 | 2617 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 10 | 3144 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 6 | 4376 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 12 | 2762 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 10 | 3097 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 8 | 3452 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 6 | 4083 | <5 | — |
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Where April is most popular
- Nevada1.7×
- California1.6×
- Maryland1.3×
- New Jersey1.3×
- Texas1.3×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years