April

Girl · recorded 1917–2025

  • #542in 2025
  • 1 in 2,885girls in 2025
  • −23%last ten years
  • 2.0×in Maryland

Most popular in 1980. Quieter now: down 23% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1917

03,4556,91019171944197119982025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 107 recorded years as a table
April, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19176
19197
19208
192110
19235
19248
192511
192611
192713
192817
192911
193016
19316
193213
193311
193411
193514
193619
193723
193817
193953
194092
1941146
1942172
1943158
1944124
1945185
1946293
1947289
1948226
1949271
1950230
1951279
1952444
1953437
1954489
1955640
1956604
1957640
1958672
1959771
1960957
1961895
1962922
19631,139
19641,373
19651,593
19661,921
19672,705
19682,208
19692,254
19702,633
19713,569
19724,023
19734,981
19745,761
19755,656
19765,297
19775,262
19786,260
19796,791
19806,910
19816,838
19825,941
19834,914
19844,493
19853,888
19863,309
19873,045
19882,718
19892,568
19902,408
19912,057
19921,752
19931,621
19941,412
19951,181
19961,006
1997920
1998941
1999876
2000799
2001722
2002697
2003612
2004643
2005571
2006544
2007568
2008540
2009498
2010474
2011453
2012446
2013409
2014445
2015452
2016465
2017403
2018386
2019379
2020362
2021362
2022359
2023366
2024376
2025347

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Maryland 2.0×
  2. California 1.7×
  3. New Jersey 1.6×
  4. Massachusetts 1.6×
  5. Utah 1.5×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
557
Rank in 2025
#542
How rare
1 in 2,885 girls
Since 1917
242,925

Most popular in 1980, at 6,910 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 23% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Maryland2.0×44
California1.7×308
New Jersey1.6×64
Massachusetts1.6×42
Utah1.5×28

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.