Meaning and history
April comes from the name of the month, which is probably derived from Latin aperio, meaning “to open” or “to uncover,” a reference to the opening of flowers. It has been commonly used as a given name only since the 1940s.
20062006: 1,035 births, rank #317
2007: 1,093 births, rank #310
2008: 1,022 births, rank #329
2009: 914 births, rank #355
2010: 842 births, rank #375
20112011: 796 births, rank #396
2012: 785 births, rank #395
2013: 718 births, rank #424
2014: 795 births, rank #405
2015: 807 births, rank #403
20162016: 824 births, rank #405
2017: 695 births, rank #455
2018: 656 births, rank #477
2019: 636 births, rank #492
2020: 585 births, rank #517
20212021: 594 births, rank #519
2022: 588 births, rank #530
2023: 588 births, rank #516
2024: 609 births, rank #502
20252025: 557 births, rank #542
April moved from #502 to #542 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1980, with 11,472 births.