Aurora

girls’ nameAt its peakCompare

Aurora is ranked 16th among girls in 2024 (6,917 births). Its best rank was 16th, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #16up 6 from 2023
Births in 2024: 6,9170.43% of girls
Peak year: 20246,917 births
Best rank: #16in 2024
Since 1880: 91,980people given the name

Babies named Aurora, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

91,980 girls have been named Aurora in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 6,917 births — 0.43% of all girls recorded that year.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2016, and the 2010s alone account for 35%. It has spent 142 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 10 of them in the top 100.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Aurora
1880s	85
1890s	161
1900s	354
1910s	1,389
1920s	3,316
1930s	2,196
1940s	2,031
1950s	1,780
1960s	1,615
1970s	1,754
1980s	2,227
1990s	3,698
2000s	9,457
2010s	32,145
2020s	29,772

In 2024, its biggest year

Aurora was the 16th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2024 were Olivia, Emma, Amelia, Charlotte and Mia. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Aurora

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.