Abril
Feminine · “April”
Abril is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 9,324 girls against 5 boys since 1880.
Abril is the Spanish and Catalan word for the month of April, used as a given name — the same idea English carried into April and French into Avril. It comes to the American record largely through Spanish-speaking families, and it still shows up most in California, Texas and Florida. Two syllables, the stress on the second, ending in that long clear -eel.
How old is the name Abril?
Abril first appears in US birth records in 1969 — 56 years ago. The typical Abril alive today was born around 2008, making them about 17 years old. About 9,200 people named Abril are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Abril most popular?
Abril peaked in 2007, reaching #438 nationally. Today it ranks #1150, 712 places below that high. See the whole 2007 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Aprilis to Abril
The story of Abril
The Roman calendar month Aprilis passed into the Romance languages and became Abril in Spanish, Catalan and Portuguese, Aprile in Italian, Avril in French. Month names have long been given to children in Europe and the Americas — English-speaking parents used April, Spanish-speaking parents Abril — and Abril is also carried as a surname in Spanish and Catalan families. Its presence in United States records tracks Spanish-speaking communities: it has been given here across several generations, and its strongest states are the ones with the deepest Spanish-speaking roots.
Meaning
April, the month
What Abril means is plain: it is the month. The deeper root is the unsettled part — the Latin Aprilis has been read as coming from aperire, 'to open', as of buds, and also as a form tied to Aphrodite. Roman writers themselves disagreed, and nothing since has closed the question.
How the name formed
- Aprilis
- Abril
Related forms: Abril · Abril · Abril · April · Avril · Aprile
Pronouncing Abril
ah-BREEL
Stress falls on the second syllable in Spanish and Catalan. English speakers who read it before hearing it often try AY-bril or AH-brill on the first attempt; one correction usually settles it.
Nicknames for Abril
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What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1969
- Most girls named
- 2007737 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #438reached in 2007
- Change vs 2024
- −2.4%201 in 2025, from 206
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Abril in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Abril in Spanish — same name
- Abril in Catalan — same name
- Abril in Portuguese — same name
- April in English — related form
- Avril in French — related form
- Aprile in Italian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Abrils among us
people named Abril are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 7,996 born in 2025 was named Abril
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Ashly test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Abril's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Ashly climbed just as high around 1986, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Ashly's path sketches the road Abril is walking now.
Abril sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Abril is headed
Abril should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Abril beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Abril in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Short, two syllables, and spelled exactly as it sounds in Spanish — no ambiguity for a Spanish-speaking reader.
- Transparent meaning: anyone who speaks a Romance language knows immediately it is the month.
- Recognizable across Spanish, Catalan and Portuguese, so it travels without translation.
- Sits beside the familiar English April, which gives English speakers a foothold on the spelling.
- English speakers who know April and Avril may hear Abril as a variant of one of them, and the b gets written as a v often enough to be worth expecting.
- The stress is on the second syllable, but English habits pull it to the first. In mostly English-speaking settings, the name will get an AY-bril now and then.
- Like any month name, it invites the question of whether the child was born in April — a small, friendly conversation that recurs for life.
- Outside Spanish-speaking communities it is uncommon enough that being the only Abril in a school is the likely experience, which some children enjoy and others tire of.
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Frequently asked
- How many Abrils are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 9,200 people named Abril are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Abril in 2025?
- Abril ranks #1150 among US girl names in 2025, with 201 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Abril?
- About 1 in every 7,996 US girls born in 2025 was named Abril — 201 in all.
- Will my child share the name Abril with classmates?
- Abril will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Abril
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