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How popular is the name Avril?
Births per year, rank history and how many Avrils are alive today.
Avril (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 2138th in 2025 and given to 13 babies. The name peaked in 2003, when 18 babies were given the name, the 1224th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2023, with 17 babies given the name that year.
The Avril you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old - or else around 14: the name has two living generations. Half of all Avrils born in England and Wales are between 8 and 23, and there are at least 340 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Avril - on average, only one in every 927 such rooms contains a Avril.
How many babies are named Avril each year?
Where does Avril 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 Avril most popular?
Avril peaked in 2003, when 18 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Avril?
At least 340 people named Avril born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Avril?
Most living Avrils are between 8 and 23; the most common age is about 2. There is a second cluster around 14.
Is Avril becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.