Head to head · Girls' names
Amoura vs April
#527 vs #542 in 2025
Amoura is a whisker ahead (#527 vs #542 in 2025), but the curves point different ways: Amoura is climbing the charts fast, April is holding its place on the charts.
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The tale of the tape
The tape is even: Amoura and April each lead 3 measures of 6.
Ranks, counts and years are measured in the official US birth record; the classroom and living figures are estimates computed from it. The dot marks the side each measure favours on the charts — more common, not better.
What the records say
146 years of US births, drawn on one scale
Two curves, one scale
Who owned which decade
- 1910s: Amoura —, April #3768 — April higher
- 1920s: Amoura —, April #2821 — April higher
- 1930s: Amoura —, April #2118 — April higher
- 1940s: Amoura —, April #469 — April higher
- 1950s: Amoura —, April #274 — April higher
- 1960s: Amoura —, April #143 — April higher
- 1970s: Amoura —, April #38 — April higher
- 1980s: Amoura —, April #45 — April higher
- 1990s: Amoura —, April #140 — April higher
- 2000s: Amoura #11196, April #288 — April higher
- 2010s: Amoura #5293, April #423 — April higher
- 2020s: Amoura #686, April #521 — April higher
April stood higher in every recorded decade — 12 of 12.
Rank by decade
| Decade | Amoura | April |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | — | #3768 |
| 1920s | — | #2821 |
| 1930s | — | #2118 |
| 1940s | — | #469 |
| 1950s | — | #274 |
| 1960s | — | #143 |
| 1970s | — | #38 |
| 1980s | — | #45 |
| 1990s | — | #140 |
| 2000s | #11196 | #288 |
| 2010s | #5293 | #423 |
| 2020s | #686 | #521 |
Average national rank across each decade. A dash means the name sat outside the recorded top of that decade.
The names themselves
Meaning, roots, sound and the people who carried each
Where each name comes from
Amoura
Formed from the French word amour, 'love'
The transparent reading is French *amour* (from Latin *amor*, 'love') with a feminine -a added — a modern American formation rather than an inherited name. A second road runs through the existing names Amora and Amara, and some families arrive at this spelling from that side instead. No reference work has settled which line came first, because the name is too new to have one.
amor (Latin) → amour (Old French) → Amora → Amoura
How it traveled
The word underneath it is very old: Latin *amor* passed into Old French as *amour*, the central word of the troubadour love poetry of the twelfth century, and English took it as a loanword still printed in dictionaries today. The name Amoura, though, is recent and American — it appears in the national birth records only in this century, part of a broad move toward names ending in an open -a.
April
the fourth Roman month, of unknown derivation
Roman antiquarians connected Aprilis to aperire, to open, on the reasoning that buds open then. That is a guess made by people who no longer knew, and modern scholarship treats it as folk etymology; an Etruscan borrowing has also been proposed. Nothing is settled.
Aprilis → April
How it traveled
The standard explanation of April Fools' Day is that France moved New Year from the spring to the first of January in fifteen sixty-four, and that people who went on celebrating in April were mocked as fools. It is repeated everywhere and the evidence does not support it.
Where a reading is contested the note says so — this page does not turn a guess into a fact. The chain is each name's recorded forms, oldest first; the story is its opening, told in full on the name's own page.
Out loud, and in short
Amoura
uh-MOOR-uh
The middle syllable follows the English pronunciation of amour, rhyming with 'poor'. Some families say uh-MOR-uh, closer to Amora; both are in real use, so it is worth deciding early which one you will correct people to.
- Mo — Cut from the stressed middle syllable; used informally and works for a child or an adult.
- Mora — Takes the last two syllables; informal, and a surname in its own right in Spanish.
- Ami — Informal, from the opening; also stands alone as a given name in several languages.
- Amou — A family-level shortening rather than an established form, mostly heard with small children.
April
AY-pril
Two syllables with the stress at the front. The Spanish and French forms stress the second syllable, which makes them sound like different names.
- Ape — The front of the name, said APE; used within families.
- Rilla — Built from the back of the name rather than cut from it.
Is it right for you
The differences that decide it, laid out by what you want
Choose by what you want
Choose Amoura if you want…
- a name most people already know#527 in 2025, 570 babies that year
- a name on the way upup 298 places on the charts in five years
- a name with more sound in itAmoura runs 3 syllables, April 2
- plenty of nickname options4 recorded short forms — Mo, Mora and Ami
Choose April if you want…
- a name fewer children share#542 in 2025 — april will almost certainly be the only one in school
- a name holding steadyApril is holding its place on the charts
- a name with fewer syllablesApril is 2 syllables to Amoura's 3
Each line is a measured difference between the two names — a rank, a count, a recorded form — never a judgement of either. Save the one that answers your question; it lands on your shortlist.
The trade-offs, name by name
Amoura
Strengths
- The word amour is already in English dictionaries, so most people read the spelling correctly on the first try without needing it spelled out.
- Its root — Latin amor, French amour — is documented for two thousand years, even though the name itself is new.
- Sits in a large, familiar sound family with Amara, Amira and Aurora, so it is recognizable without being repeated in a classroom.
To consider
- Amora, Amorah and Amoura all circulate at once. She will likely spend her life spelling it, and the shorter Amora is the version strangers guess first.
- In English, 'an amour' means a love affair, a slightly old-fashioned and slightly scandalous usage. Most people will simply hear 'love'; a few adults will hear the other thing.
- The name is climbing quickly. A child born now may find it much more common by middle school than it is today — worth knowing if rarity is part of the appeal.
April
Strengths
- Everybody knows the word, so nothing has to be taught.
- Two syllables with front stress is easy to say and quick.
- It carries a season without being a flower name or a virtue name.
To consider
- It is a month, so a birthday in any other month invites the question.
- Aprille, Apryl and Avril are all recorded and will be written for it.
- The month's own name has no established meaning, so there is nothing solid to report.
Documented properties of each name — how it spells, travels and shortens — not opinions about the child.
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Where Amoura and April each sit in the library — alternatives in the same style, ranked by the same records.
Amoura or April — the short answers
- Which is more popular, Amoura or April?
- Amoura, in 2025: Amoura ranked #527 with 570 babies; April ranked #542 with 557 babies.
- Which name is rising faster, Amoura or April?
- Amoura. Over the last five years Amoura moved up 298 places; April moved down 25 places.
- Which is the older name, Amoura or April?
- Amoura entered the US charts in 2007; April entered the US charts in 1917. On the American record, April is the older name.
- How many people are named Amoura and April?
- About 3,200 people named Amoura are estimated to be alive in the US today. About 231,000 people named April are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- Will there be other Amouras or Aprils in the classroom?
- Amoura will almost certainly be the only one in school. April will almost certainly be the only one in school.
US figures from the Social Security Administration, 1880–2025. Votes are battle voters on this site, not the birth record. Data & methodology
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