Aurora

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Aurora first appears in the data in 2014 and has been recorded in 12 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2019 with 472 babies (rank #49 that year). In 2025 it was given to 432 girls (rank #36). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Aurora

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Aurora yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

11Destiny numberThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
11Soul urgeThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
9PersonalityThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

3,648

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

472

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Also a character in

In Disney Princesses: Aurora — Sleeping Beauty

Stories about the name Aurora

My husband proposed to me in Iceland under the northern lights. Aurora felt like the only name we could give our daughter, honestly. Some things are just decided for you.

— Erin, Anchorage AK, 2018

It's five syllables, which I was nervous about. But Rory makes it work as a nickname, and she's grown into the full thing faster than I expected. Kids can handle a big name.

— Patrick, Denver CO, 2020

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
2014	82	#98
2015	109	#123
2016	181	#118
2017	227	#57
2018	257	#45
2019	472	#49
2020	367	#55
2021	344	#37
2022	383	#27
2023	395	#46
2024	399	#41
2025	432	#36