Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

April

#173 most common girls' name of all time · #335 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1917–2025

Rank among girls
#173
Rank overall
#335 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
107 of 146
All-time
243,592
Since 2016
6,332
Peak year
1980 #26
Best rank
#23 1979
Girls Boys peak 11,517/yr
192019401960198020002020

April first appears in 1917. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 557 557 #542
2024 609 609 #503
2023 588 588 #517
2022 588 588 #530
2021 594 594 #519
2020 585 585 #518
2019 636 636 #492
2018 656 656 #477
2017 695 695 #455
2016 824 824 #405
2015 807 807 #403
2014 795 795 #405
2013 718 718 #424
2012 785 785 #397
2011 796 796 #396
2010 842 842 #376
2009 914 914 #355
2008 1,022 1,022 #329
2007 1,093 1,093 #310
2006 1,035 1,035 #317
2005 1,055 1,055 #302
2004 1,180 5 1,185 #278
2003 1,118 1,118 #279
2002 1,252 1,252 #254
2001 1,300 1,300 #245
2000 1,451 1,451 #214
1999 1,554 5 1,559 #199
1998 1,662 1,662 #182
1997 1,602 1,602 #188
1996 1,764 1,764 #177
1995 2,076 2,076 #155
1994 2,521 11 2,532 #127
1993 2,933 16 2,949 #112
1992 3,231 10 3,241 #103
1991 3,857 7 3,864 #88
1990 4,572 12 4,584 #73
1989 4,734 26 4,760 #66
1988 4,840 18 4,858 #65
1987 5,295 25 5,320 #58
1986 5,677 33 5,710 #53
1985 6,691 25 6,716 #47
1984 7,566 19 7,585 #42
1983 8,209 23 8,232 #39
1982 10,060 40 10,100 #32
1981 11,406 23 11,429 #25
1980 11,472 45 11,517 #26
1979 10,902 36 10,938 #23
1978 9,590 29 9,619 #27
1977 8,068 26 8,094 #29
1976 7,761 26 7,787 #30
1975 8,245 29 8,274 #25
1974 8,454 21 8,475 #28
1973 7,264 21 7,285 #33
1972 6,120 17 6,137 #48
1971 5,939 19 5,958 #56
1970 4,603 16 4,619 #82
1969 3,802 13 3,815 #97
1968 3,622 7 3,629 #96
1967 4,466 13 4,479 #79
1966 3,251 14 3,265 #108
1965 2,812 5 2,817 #136
1964 2,602 2,602 #151
1963 2,196 5 2,201 #175
1962 1,814 6 1,820 #199
1961 1,807 7 1,814 #201
1960 1,934 5 1,939 #191
1959 1,560 9 1,569 #211
1958 1,352 1,352 #224
1957 1,308 1,308 #233
1956 1,212 1,212 #236
1955 1,251 1,251 #229
1954 950 950 #273
1953 822 822 #290
1952 824 824 #281
1951 503 503 #356
1950 394 394 #402
1949 464 464 #365
1948 383 383 #407
1947 512 512 #354
1946 460 460 #352
1945 242 242 #459
1944 165 165 #569
1943 220 220 #502
1942 232 232 #487
1941 176 176 #528
1940 105 105 #681
1939 58 58 #929
1938 19 19 #1,864
1937 24 24 #1,573
1936 20 20 #1,730
1935 15 15 #2,195
1934 11 11 #2,715
1933 11 11 #2,661
1932 14 14 #2,355
1931 6 6 #4,176
1930 18 18 #2,016
1929 12 12 #2,728
1928 20 20 #1,958
1927 15 15 #2,423
1926 13 13 #2,695
1925 13 13 #2,768
1924 10 10 #3,370
1923 6 6 #4,791
1921 12 12 #2,937
1920 10 10 #3,324
1919 8 8 #3,782
1917 6 6 #4,496