Abril
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-BREEL
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #1,150 for girls
Abril is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “April”. In 2025 it ranked 1,150th for girls in the US (201 babies).
What does Abril mean?
Spanish: Spanish word for April, from Latin Aprilis
“April”
Abril is the Spanish and Portuguese word for the month of April, from the Latin month name Aprilis.
Is Abril a girl's or a boy's name?
Abril is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 201 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Abril in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2020, with 6 girls.
Abril in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
How popular is Abril in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,150th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 201 about 1 in 8,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 201 girls in the US were named Abril, making it the 1,150th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,133rd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 737 girls. It first appears in the records in 1969.
Half of all the girls named Abril in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Abril in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 201 | #1,150 |
| 2024 | 206 | #1,165 |
| 2023 | 246 | #1,032 |
| 2022 | 212 | #1,145 |
| 2021 | 183 | #1,269 |
| 2020 | 210 | #1,133 |
| 2019 | 246 | #1,042 |
| 2018 | 255 | #1,018 |
| 2017 | 299 | #897 |
| 2016 | 318 | #885 |
| 2015 | 274 | #985 |
| 2014 | 272 | #979 |
| 2013 | 295 | #874 |
| 2012 | 355 | #773 |
| 2011 | 335 | #806 |
| 2010 | 398 | #711 |
| 2009 | 478 | #629 |
| 2008 | 585 | #523 |
| 2007 | 737 | #438 |
| 2006 | 316 | #849 |
| 2005 | 322 | #804 |
| 2004 | 294 | #839 |
| 2003 | 246 | #949 |
| 2002 | 225 | #980 |
| 2001 | 260 | #884 |
| 2000 | 255 | #862 |
| 1999 | 213 | #969 |
| 1998 | 214 | #957 |
| 1997 | 66 | #2,113 |
| 1996 | 85 | #1,750 |
| 1995 | 61 | #2,184 |
| 1994 | 48 | #2,580 |
| 1993 | 79 | #1,826 |
| 1992 | 84 | #1,751 |
| 1991 | 128 | #1,293 |
| 1990 | 67 | #2,006 |
| 1989 | 30 | #3,396 |
| 1988 | 25 | #3,685 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,119 |
| 1986 | 20 | #4,026 |
| 1985 | 15 | #4,858 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 20 | #3,805 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,212 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
Names like Abril
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayah, Aaliyah, Zainab, Safa, Ayla, Amal, Amaya, Summer, Amira, Hafsa, Maya, Hiba
Names related to Abril
More Spanish names
Santiago, Lola, Xavier, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Cruz, Elian, Jesus, Ximena, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar, Sierra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Abril: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/abril, updated 20 October 2026.