Avril
Avril is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 108 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1080.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 2008155 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1919
- 3,371people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,371 girls have been named Avril in the United States since 1919, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2008, with 155 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2010, and the 2010s alone account for 37%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Avril | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | |
| 1920s | 75 | |
| 1930s | 21 | |
| 1940s | 28 | |
| 1950s | 50 | |
| 1960s | 93 | |
| 1970s | 154 | |
| 1980s | 121 | |
| 1990s | 98 | |
| 2000s | 950 | |
| 2010s | 1,233 | |
| 2020s | 543 |
In 2008, its biggest year
Avril was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2008 were Emma, Isabella, Emily, Olivia and Ava. See all of 2008.
Names that rose and fell with Avril
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Melanypeak 2007
- Jimenapeak 2016
- Miapeak 2015
- Laynapeak 2014
- Ameliepeak 2013
- Kamiyapeak 2008
- Marliepeak 2009
- Amariahpeak 2009
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.