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April

“Name of the spring month, linked to the goddess Venus and renewal” — Latin via Old French origin

Girl's name · #542 in the US (2025) · Retro

April's best rank, #23, came in 1979; it has stepped well back to #542 today. Roughly 243,000 girls have been named April since 1917.

Around the world: about 1 in 720 girls in Scotland (2025) · about 1 in 1,400 girls in Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 1,800 girls in N. Ireland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 32 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Aprils

• April Bowlby — American actress
• April Winchell — American voice actress
• April Pearson — British actress
• April Ross — American beach volleyball player
• April Ashley — English model, actress, author, and activist (1935–2021)

In stories & tradition

• April O'Neil — Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles · Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• April Kepner — Grey's Anatomy
• April Ryan — The Longest Journey · Dreamfall: The Longest Journey

What Aprils become

Among 306 notable people named April:

Entertainers appear 2.19× more often than among typical names — e.g. April Bowlby, American actress.

Similar names: Monica · Julie · Amber · Angie · Alison · Alicia

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