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Name meaning & stats

April

April means “opening (debated)”. 243,271 US babies since 1940, peak 1980.

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What it means

“opening (debated)”

Debated

From a month name.

In US birth records

Peak year: 1980

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243,271 US babies were named April between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named April (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.

Spelling family

April is the main spelling

  • April 98%
  • Apryl 1%
  • Aprille <1%
  • Aprile <1%
  • Aprill <1%
  • Apryle <1%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 1980)