Avril
Girl · AV-ril · French
Avril is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “April”. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 1,844th for girls in the US (108 babies).
What does Avril mean?
French: French word for April, from Latin Aprilis
“April”
- Say it
- AV-ril
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Is Avril a girl's or a boy's name?
Avril is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 108 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Avril in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,206among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Avril, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,948th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 18 girls.
Half of all the girls named Avril in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.
Avril in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 14 | #2,057 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,728 |
| 2022 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 14 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2013 | 13 | #2,174 |
| 2012 | 15 | #2,005 |
| 2011 | 17 | #1,755 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,848 |
| 2008 | 13 | #2,046 |
| 2007 | 11 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 11 | #2,119 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,912 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 18 | #1,317 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,559 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Avril in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,844among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 108about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 108 girls in the US were named Avril, making it the 1,844th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,830th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 155 girls. It first appears in the records in 1919.
Half of all the girls named Avril in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Avril in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 108 | #1,844 |
| 2024 | 108 | #1,852 |
| 2023 | 111 | #1,813 |
| 2022 | 111 | #1,828 |
| 2021 | 106 | #1,871 |
| 2020 | 107 | #1,830 |
| 2019 | 127 | #1,655 |
| 2018 | 115 | #1,774 |
| 2017 | 112 | #1,828 |
| 2016 | 124 | #1,712 |
| 2015 | 129 | #1,655 |
| 2014 | 102 | #1,956 |
| 2013 | 111 | #1,824 |
| 2012 | 136 | #1,591 |
| 2011 | 144 | #1,524 |
| 2010 | 133 | #1,621 |
| 2009 | 120 | #1,792 |
| 2008 | 155 | #1,504 |
| 2007 | 154 | #1,503 |
| 2006 | 100 | #1,988 |
| 2005 | 119 | #1,667 |
| 2004 | 125 | #1,572 |
| 2003 | 129 | #1,508 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,317 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,646 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 20 | #3,776 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,242 |
| 1977 | 26 | #3,001 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,152 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 22 | #3,110 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,786 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,522 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,760 |
| 1969 | 15 | #3,618 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,778 |
| 1967 | 15 | #3,339 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 11 | #3,951 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,436 |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,030 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,836 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,375 |
| 1954 | 9 | #3,965 |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,122 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,343 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,442 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,872 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,616 |
| 1924 | 21 | #1,925 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,732 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
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