Feminine dossier · first seen 1917

April

Name: SSA baby-name counts for April
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 94.7% from peak

Peak era

1980

Peak rank proxy

11,473

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen X

1917Peak 19802024

Peak year

1980

Decline from peak

94.7%

2024

607

All-time

242,361

April once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1980, when 11,473 girls were named April.

In 2024, only 607 girls were given the name.

Down 94.7% from its peak.

All told, about 242,361 Americans have been named April and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1917.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 94.7% from peak

198011,473 girls named April

2024607 girls named April

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