How Many People Are Named Aurora?
people named Aurora are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,791 people in the US has this name
Based on 99,209 babies named Aurora in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
7,070 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "dawn" in Latin. Aurora was the Roman goddess of the morning. It has occasionally been used as a given name since the Renaissance.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Aurora (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Aurora alive today is about 13 years old, and 89% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 15 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Aurora first appears in the records in 1880, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 7,070 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Aurora never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #15, in 2025, and it was in the top 100 for 11 years, 2015 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #15.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #15 |
| Best rank | #15 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | 11 (2015 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #25 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Aurora alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Aurora were born in California than in any other state: about 12,918 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Aurora was given 5.7 times as often in Alaska, 3 times in New Mexico and 2.4 times in Wyoming.
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