as a First Name
From the month (Latin (mensis) aprilis, probably a derivative of aperire ‘to open’, as the month when buds open and flowers appear). It forms part of a series with May and June, all names taken from months associated with the spring, a time of new birth and growth, and may originally have been intended as an English version of the supposedly French name Avril.
| 212th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 289,768
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Alabama
- has the most people named April per capita
- 1980
- marked the height of its popularity
99.98%
0.02%
4%
55+
55+
61%
30-54
30-54
27%
13-29
13-29
9%
0-12
0-12
Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
