Aprille
Feminine name of Latin origin meaning "to open" or "of April".
Name Census estimates that about 464 living Americans carry the first name Aprille. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Aprille today is around 48 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Aprille births was 1979 (34 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Aprille. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
464
~ 1 in 738,695 Americans
Peak year
1979
34 babies that year
Average age
48
years old
2003 SSA rank
#16,018
Tracked since 1952
Census
Aprille in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 587 people with the first name Aprille, which placed it at #18,374 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#18,374
National first-name rank
People counted
587
587 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.2
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
62.2% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Aprille
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Aprille is White at 62.2%. The next largest groups are Black (14.8%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (11.4%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Aprille described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Aprille at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White62.2% · 365
- Black or African American14.8% · 87
- Asian and Pacific Islander11.4% · 67
- Hispanic or Latino6.5% · 38
- Two or more races4.4% · 26
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.7% · 4
Popularity
Aprille: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Aprille from the 1950s through to the 2000s, spanning 6 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1970s, with 184 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1970s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Aprille by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Aprille during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Aprilles live
The SSA's state-level files cover 3 states and territories. California, Michigan, Wisconsin recorded the most babies named Aprille, while Wisconsin, Michigan, California recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 8 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Aprille
The name Aprille is a variant spelling of the name April, which has its origins in the Latin word "Aprilis". Aprilis is believed to be derived from the Latin verb "aperire", meaning "to open", as it was the month when the buds opened and bloomed. The name is closely associated with the season of spring and the renewal of life.
In ancient Rome, Aprilis was originally the fourth month of the Roman calendar, which later became the modern month of April. The name held significance in Roman culture, and it was often associated with the goddess Venus, the patron of gardens and fertility.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Aprille can be found in Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales", written in the late 14th century. In the prologue to the "Nun's Priest's Tale", Chaucer writes, "Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote", referring to the month of April and its pleasant rains.
Throughout history, several notable figures have borne the name Aprille or its variant spellings. One such figure was Aprille Pirt (born in 1895), a British athlete who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, where she won a gold medal in the 4x100-meter relay.
Another notable Aprille was Aprille Dawson (1946-2001), an American actress and model who appeared in several films and television shows in the 1970s and 1980s, including the series "Starsky and Hutch" and "Charlie's Angels".
In literature, Aprille Lees was the name of a character in the novel "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger, published in 1951. Aprille was a young girl whom the protagonist, Holden Caulfield, had a brief encounter with.
Aprille Frantz (born in 1967) is an American actress who has appeared in various television shows and films, including "Midnight Caller", "Quantum Leap", and "The Burning Zone".
Aprille Joy Ericsson (born in 1992) is an American actress and model who has appeared in several television commercials and short films, as well as the feature film "Iron Man 3" in 2013.
While the name Aprille is not as common as its more traditional spelling, April, it has maintained its association with the season of spring and the renewal of life throughout its long history.
People
Aprille + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Aprille as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with A
Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Aprille: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Aprille?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 464 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Aprille going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 738,695 US residents.
Is Aprille a common name?
We classify Aprille as "Very Rare". It ranks above 83.9% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 518 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Aprille most popular?
The single biggest year for Aprille was 1979, when 34 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Aprille is about 48 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Aprille in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 587 people with the name Aprille, or 0.19 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #18,374 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Aprille in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Aprille?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Aprille appears almost entirely female. Of the 588 people counted with this name, 100.0% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Aprille?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Aprille is White at 62.2%. The next largest groups are Black (14.8%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (11.4%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Aprille most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Aprille in the 2020 Census, accounting for 62.2% (365 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Aprille in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Aprille a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Aprille in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Aprille still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Aprille in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Aprille can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people are called Aprille?
Find out how many people have the name Aprille on our sister site HowManyOfMe.org — a quick modern estimate with the living-bearer count front and centre.