girls:
8.9k births since 1969
#1717 (70th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 2002
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
8.9k births since 1969
#2857 (63rd percentile)
The name Abril is the #2,857 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,921 recorded births since 1969. This represents the 63.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 63.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,717 (70.0% percentile) for all time with 8,916 births since 1969. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2002.
Abril first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1969 (1969 for girls and 2002 for boys). Birth data for Abril is available in 53 out of the 55 years between 1969 and 2023 (53 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Abril has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.9% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Abril reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 58.9% percentile (ranked #406) with 348 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 348 births per million (ranked 58.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2011, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Abril ranks #710 for girls (25.1% percentile) with 140 births per million, which is 40.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Abril reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #813) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 2002, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2002.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Abril".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Abril. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 30.4% confident that Abril is pronounced as uh-BREEL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AY-brihl, at 23.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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