Aurora

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Aurora first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 144 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2024 with 6,917 babies (rank #16 that year). In 2024 it was given to 6,917 girls (rank #16). 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.

92,071

Total babies (all years)

144

Years in the data

6,917

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
1880	6	#750
1881	6	#746
1882	8	#680
1883	10	#615
1884	11	#643
1886	9	#781
1887	15	#589
1888	13	#726
1889	7	#1,035
1890	8	#1,012
1891	15	#697
1892	16	#733
1893	20	#644
1894	14	#815
1895	15	#819
1896	26	#610
1897	16	#792
1898	14	#924
1899	17	#794
1900	21	#806
1901	25	#632
1902	19	#799
1903	28	#631
1904	31	#613
1905	43	#519
1906	35	#603
1907	53	#489
1908	46	#547
1909	53	#516
1910	61	#522
1911	66	#511
1912	102	#474
1913	90	#534
1914	107	#541
1915	147	#513
1916	182	#471
1917	185	#482
1918	226	#440
1919	223	#441
1920	274	#399
1921	329	#369
1922	281	#390
1923	338	#361
1924	357	#364
1925	341	#370
1926	327	#377
1927	361	#357
1928	361	#360
1929	347	#350
1930	325	#377
1931	258	#404
1932	256	#407
1933	211	#444
1934	212	#448
1935	196	#455
1936	193	#462
1937	177	#493
1938	190	#482
1939	178	#500
1940	154	#557
1941	171	#537
1942	223	#499
1943	228	#492
1944	203	#506
1945	213	#502
1946	211	#544
1947	247	#535
1948	199	#590
1949	182	#613
1950	217	#568
1951	189	#631
1952	198	#625
1953	187	#662
1954	167	#715
1955	180	#701
1956	173	#733
1957	162	#793
1958	151	#823
1959	156	#821
1960	177	#765
1961	150	#870
1962	173	#790
1963	154	#842
1964	156	#836
1965	178	#751
1966	175	#744
1967	163	#770
1968	158	#801
1969	131	#929
1970	164	#833
1971	177	#796
1972	154	#840
1973	176	#763
1974	174	#785
1975	178	#788
1976	184	#777
1977	186	#806
1978	167	#877
1979	194	#813
1980	207	#792
1981	211	#774
1982	243	#715
1983	175	#869
1984	204	#784
1985	209	#795
1986	216	#783
1987	253	#716
1988	236	#792
1989	273	#722
1990	293	#714
1991	269	#765
1992	321	#681
1993	365	#620
1994	318	#670
1995	324	#659
1996	355	#631
1997	430	#547
1998	503	#504
1999	520	#503
2000	557	#488
2001	684	#418
2002	664	#437
2003	810	#373
2004	989	#321
2005	952	#336
2006	1,069	#307
2007	1,069	#315
2008	1,174	#287
2009	1,489	#217
2010	1,530	#203
2011	1,727	#183
2012	1,905	#166
2013	2,132	#146
2014	2,751	#116
2015	3,651	#78
2016	4,005	#66
2017	4,614	#51
2018	4,828	#44
2019	5,002	#39
2020	5,252	#35
2021	5,525	#35
2022	5,998	#31
2023	6,080	#22
2024	6,917	#16