Over the past 110 years, 52 boys and 237 321 girls have been named April. The name April ranks 6952th in the United States among the most common names for boys. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named April in 1976. The peak of popularity of the name April came in the 1970s and 1990s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.