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How popular is the name April?
Births per year, rank history and how many Aprils are alive today.
April (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 321st in 2025 with 136 babies given the name. The name peaked in 1996, when 300 babies were given the name, the 146th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2015, with 278 babies given the name that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 372 in 2006 before climbing back to the 321st place it holds today. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 5,300 babies have been named April in England and Wales since 1996.
The April you are most likely to meet is around 31 years old - or else around 11: the name has two living generations. Half of all Aprils born in England and Wales are between 10 and 31, and there are at least 7,400 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 2.3% chance that at least one of them will be called April.
How many babies are named April each year?
Where does April rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name April most popular?
April peaked in 1996, when 300 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called April?
At least 7,400 people named April born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical April?
Most living Aprils are between 10 and 31; the most common age is about 31. There is a second cluster around 11.
Is April becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.