Avril

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Avril: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Avril: Recorded every year since 1964, it reached #101 in 1977, and it stood at #2,138 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
89times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#101highest recorded position
19groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Avril's record

Ranked every year since 1964, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#1450
1998	#2165
1999	#2770
2000	#3247
2001	#2226
2002	#2301
2003	#1224
2004	#2278
2005	#1934
2006	#2320
2007	#2410
2008	#1914
2009	#1837
2010	#2843
2011	#1903
2012	#2095
2013	#2062
2014	#2058
2015	#2705
2016	#3214
2017	#2925
2018	#2090
2019	#5591
2020	#1846
2021	#2499
2022	#2325
2023	#1705
2024	#2000
2025	#2138

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 59 of the 61 years from 1964 to 2024.

In 2024: #631 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2000 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #194 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2024
Highest recorded position: #101 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1977 (recorded 1964–2024).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #2138 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Avril appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 59 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 1,930 births with the name.

Avril across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Avril's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#194 (1964)	#101 (1977)	#631 (2024)	59 of 61	1,930 (1964–2024)	78 (1977)
England and Wales · Girls	#2683 (1996)	#1224 (2003)	#2138 (2025)	30 of 30	310 (1996–2025)	18 (2003)

Avril by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Avril in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	192	6 of 10	32
1970sbusiest	603	10 of 10	60
1980s	571	10 of 10	57
1990s	303	10 of 10	30
2000s	167	10 of 10	17
2010s	76	10 of 10	8
2020s	18	3 of 10	6

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 60 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1976 and 1977, when recorded births rose by 30, from 48 to 78.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Avril appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #101 in Republic of Ireland in 1977.

Avril's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2025	England and Wales	female	#2138	13	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	female	#2000	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1705	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2325	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1846	15	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2062	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2095	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1903	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1837	14	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1914	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1934	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1224	18	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2301	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2226	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1450	12	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#631	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#634	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#464	8	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#716	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#579	6	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#581	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#404	11	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#357	13	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#422	11	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#410	11	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#257	20	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#267	17	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#394	9	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#256	15	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#189	21	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#170	24	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#267	13	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#196	19	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#195	18	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#185	19	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#192	17	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#185	25	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#181	25	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#173	25	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#150	31	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#137	38	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#113	50	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#141	37	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#139	36	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#137	38	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#114	55	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#115	53	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#123	47	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#123	52	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#131	50	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#105	73	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#122	65	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#108	73	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#120	65	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#105	74	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#119	64	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#101	78	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#150	48	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#137	53	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#114	73	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#115	73	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#137	50	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#155	41	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#128	49	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#125	52	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#138	40	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#159	26	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#147	32	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#155	27	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#194	15	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1964 and 2025, ranked in 62 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #101, first reached in 1977.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 78 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1977.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Brita · #101, 62y
Clive · #106, 62y
Cyril · #91, 57y
Dominick · #111, 58y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

April · #100, 52y
Gearoid · #100, 56y
Kieron · #100, 48y
Caoimhin · #99, 39y

Avril was ranked #101 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1977. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Aileen#97
Caitriona#97
Irene#99
Joan#100
Annette#102
Georgina#103
Natasha#104
Miriam#105

Avril and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Avril without appearing here.

Avril moved ahead of

Cheryl
In 2019 they stood at #5591 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1846 and #5493.
Geraldine
In 2019 they stood at #5591 and #5591 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1846 and #5493.
Kristin
In 2019 they stood at #5591 and #5591 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1846 and #5493.
Kristine
In 2019 they stood at #5591 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1846 and #5493.

Moved ahead of Avril

Eabha
In 2018 they stood at #2090 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #2458.
Blake
In 2014 they stood at #2058 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2705 and #1240.
Meabh
In 2020 they stood at #1846 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #1286.
Ida
In 2003 they stood at #1224 and #1472 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #2278 and #1209.

Moved the opposite way to Avril

Ada
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Avril went from #194 to #631 while Ada went from #372 to #50.
Amelia
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Avril went from #194 to #631 while Amelia went from #300 to #8.
Annie
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Avril went from #194 to #631 while Annie went from #112 to #41.
Aoife
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Avril went from #194 to #631 while Aoife went from #206 to #45.

Moved the same way as Avril

Alison
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Avril went from #194 to #631 and Alison from #146 to #275.
Amanda
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Avril went from #194 to #631 and Amanda from #118 to #631.
Angela
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Avril went from #194 to #631 and Angela from #24 to #372.
Ann
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Avril went from #194 to #631 and Ann from #4 to #556.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #101 in Republic of Ireland in 1977. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Avril

Avril at a glance

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Popularity journey

Avril across 2 official records

Avril by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Avril across 2 official records

Avril by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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