girls:
3.3k births since 1919
#3033 (47th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1995
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
3.3k births since 1919
#4776 (38th percentile)
The name Avril is the #4,776 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,268 recorded births since 1919. This represents the 38.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 38.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,033 (46.9% percentile) for all time with 3,263 births since 1919. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1995.
Avril first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1919 (1919 for girls and 1995 for boys). Birth data for Avril is available in 87 out of the 105 years between 1919 and 2023 (87 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 Avril has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.8% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Avril reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 15.3% percentile (ranked #834) with 74 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 74 births per million (ranked 15.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Avril ranks #841 for girls (11.2% percentile) with 63 births per million, which is 85.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Avril reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #800) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1995.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Avril".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Avril. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 36.7% confident that Avril is pronounced as A-vrihl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is A-vruhl, at 34.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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