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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |