Infographic of April name meaning, which is “The fertile one,” also, “she who opens for fertilization,” based on the Latin aperilis or aprilis, “the opening thing,” in allusion to the month of April, when the earth opens for fertilization.
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April Name Popularity

How popular is the name April? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 — 0 0%
1911 — 0 0%
1912 — 0 0%
1913 — 0 0%
1914 — 0 0%
1915 — 0 0%
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1917 — 0 0%
1918 — 0 0%
1919 — 0 0%
1920 — 0 0%
1921 — 0 0%
1922 — 0 0%
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1930 — 0 0%
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1932 — 0 0%
1933 — 0 0%
1934 — 0 0%
1935 — 0 0%
1936 — 0 0%
1937 — 0 0%
1938 — 0 0%
1939 1,033 18 0.0018%
1940 721 53 0.005%
1941 544 117 0.0104%
1942 498 177 0.014%
1943 513 163 0.0125%
1944 572 114 0.0092%
1945 481 175 0.0143%
1946 357 407 0.0276%
1947 356 463 0.0277%
1948 408 337 0.0211%
1949 368 410 0.0255%
1950 401 344 0.0214%
1951 362 448 0.0264%
1952 278 801 0.0459%
1953 290 797 0.045%
1954 276 913 0.0499%
1955 229 1,227 0.0667%
1956 236 1,189 0.063%
1957 233 1,290 0.067%
1958 224 1,320 0.0698%
1959 209 1,553 0.0817%
1960 191 1,917 0.1012%
1961 201 1,788 0.0947%
1962 199 1,795 0.0978%
1963 174 2,187 0.1218%
1964 151 2,598 0.1476%
1965 136 2,807 0.1716%
1966 108 3,248 0.208%
1967 79 4,462 0.294%
1968 96 3,621 0.2411%
1969 97 3,800 0.2467%
1970 83 4,599 0.289%
1971 56 5,938 0.3952%
1972 48 6,121 0.4494%
1973 33 7,263 0.5602%
1974 28 8,452 0.6503%
1975 25 8,243 0.6415%
1976 30 7,762 0.6022%
1977 29 8,068 0.5985%
1978 27 9,588 0.7132%
1979 23 10,904 0.7733%
1980 26 11,475 0.7848%
1981 25 11,404 0.7758%
1982 32 10,061 0.6733%
1983 39 8,206 0.5561%
1984 42 7,565 0.5085%
1985 47 6,692 0.4409%
1986 53 5,674 0.3759%
1987 58 5,295 0.347%
1988 65 4,840 0.3106%
1989 66 4,735 0.2934%
1990 73 4,572 0.2758%
1991 88 3,854 0.2364%
1992 103 3,225 0.202%
1993 112 2,913 0.1868%
1994 127 2,495 0.1626%
1995 156 2,059 0.1366%
1996 177 1,734 0.1158%
1997 189 1,576 0.1066%
1998 183 1,638 0.1094%
1999 199 1,536 0.1026%
2000 214 1,429 0.0935%
2001 247 1,266 0.084%
2002 254 1,224 0.0817%
2003 277 1,096 0.072%
2004 279 1,154 0.0757%
2005 301 1,028 0.0672%
2006 316 1,014 0.0648%
2007 308 1,067 0.0676%
2008 327 994 0.0643%
2009 351 884 0.0591%
2010 382 791 0.0549%
2011 404 742 0.0521%
2012 393 743 0.0521%
2013 417 687 0.0483%
2014 402 746 0.0512%
2015 390 776 0.0533%
2016 391 790 0.0548%
2017 441 652 0.0467%
2018 464 606 0.0441%
2019 476 588 0.0434%
2020 536 507 0.0398%
2021 525 508 0.0416%
2022 536 539 0.0409%

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Names Like April

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What names are variants of April?

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Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Abril

To open

Latin

Aipril

To open

Latin

Aprilete

To open

Latin

Aprill

To open

Latin

Aprille

To open

Latin

Apryl

To open

Latin

Apryll

To open

Latin

Averel

To open

Latin

Averell

To open

Latin

Averil

Boar battle

English

Averill

To open; boar battle

Latin

Averyl

To open

Latin

Averyll

To open

Latin

Averylle

To open

Latin

Avril

To open

Latin

Avrill

To open

Latin

What names sound like April?

If you like how April sounds, you might also like these names that sound like April.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Abrielle

Father of many

Hebrew

What names are similar to April?

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Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
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16 Comments

  1. I am expecting a baby girl so am thinking of naming her April and I was also born in April 18th

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  2. My name is also April and I’m born on April the 14th. And I didn’t know so many peoples name are April!

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    • I am expecting a baby girl am thinking of naming her April and I am also born in April
      But I don’t know if it’s a good idea

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  3. APRIL my thoughts on my name everyone says my name is beautiful especially with my middle name Violet jane I was born on a leap year the 29th Feb. Apparently my uncle had a girlfriend called Avril and asked my mum to call me Avril she said no but I’ll call her April.

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    • And my neighbours last name was may so if I’d married him I’d be called APRIL MAY. LOL

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  4. I love the meaning, “open” in relation to buds opening and flowers appearing in Spring. April opened up my heart and world and made me a mom.

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  5. I love my name because my birthday is April 12,1985 because I celebrate the whole month

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  6. I named my one & only beautiful daughter, April Dawn! But she was born until August.

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  7. I am a April born in April on the 2nd. I love my name & I hold up Proudly for being blessed with the name April…. The words you read speak for themselves…. If you know a April, keep her in your life. You won’t ever regret meeting a April….

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  8. April is a bright and joyful name. Easy to say, remember and spell. Also doubles as my birth month

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  9. It’s a beautiful name
    My granddaughter is an April and so am I
    We were both born in March

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    • My Father was born in April but I came early couldn’t wait for my due date April the 4th

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      • My name is April and I was born in February and people would always ask me why was my name April if I wasn’t born in April ???? It used to bother me when I was young but I became immune to it lol.

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    • Yay im.not the only April born in March we are special people that touch others lives spread kindness and hope iam March 14

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      • I’m also born in March! Lol my name though is April

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  10. My granny chose the name.
    I love that it’s a simple name and classic. You cant tell the nationality of the name.
    I didn’t realize it untill after but she was conceived in April

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