Aurora Girl
How popular is Aurora?
#15 girl name in 2025
7,065 baby girls were named Aurora in the US in 2025, making it the 15th most popular girl name. Another 5 boys got the name (#12,004 for boys).
Aurora popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #15 for girls (▲ 1 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 7,065 girls, 5 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+93% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #78 in 2015, #36 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (7,065 girls) |
| Highest rank | #15 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Aurora counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Aurora family of names ranked #24 for girls in 2025 (#27 the year before), with 7,077 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora | 7,065 | 100% |
| Aurorah | 12 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Aurora is most popular
Babies named Aurora per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alaska: 17.3 per 1,000 (149 girls)
- Wyoming: 16.9 per 1,000 (72 girls)
- Vermont: 12.6 per 1,000 (61 girls)
- North Dakota: 11.0 per 1,000 (144 girls)
- Rhode Island: 10.1 per 1,000 (126 girls)
Aurora by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 85 | #586 |
| 1890s | 161 | #610 |
| 1900s | 354 | #489 |
| 1910s | 1,389 | #440 |
| 1920s | 3,316 | #350 |
| 1930s | 2,196 | #377 |
| 1940s | 2,031 | #491 |
| 1950s | 1,780 | #567 |
| 1960s | 1,615 | #744 |
| 1970s | 1,755 | #763 |
| 1980s | 2,227 | #715 |
| 1990s | 3,698 | #503 |
| 2000s | 9,458 | #217 |
| 2010s | 32,160 | #39 |
| 2020s | 36,888 | #15 |
Girl names about as popular as Aurora
Questions
- Is Aurora a boy or girl name?
- Aurora is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Aurora were girls.
- How popular is the name Aurora?
- 7,065 baby girls were named Aurora in the US in 2025, making it the 15th most popular girl name. Another 5 boys got the name (#12,004 for boys).
- When was Aurora most popular?
- Aurora peaked in 2025, when 7,065 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #15 in 2025.
- How many people are named Aurora?
- 99,209 babies have been named Aurora in the US since 1880. We estimate about 90,559 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Aurora most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Aurora was most common in Alaska, at 17.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.