NameTides

Aura

Aura was the #817 girls' name in the US in 2025 (333 babies), and #642 in England & Wales and #683 in Canada.

Aura as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Aura as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUSIreland
Aura as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#817 (333)#642 (60)——#885 (3)#683 (44)
2024#871 (310)#520 (75)#541 (5)#288 (5)#898 (3)#1,234 (20)
2023#954 (273)#583 (66)#540 (5)—#727 (4)#958 (27)
2022#1,034 (247)#630 (60)#625 (4)——#1,017 (25)
2021#1,029 (246)#594 (65)#442 (7)#350 (4)—#1,153 (22)
2020#1,206 (190)#720 (51)#544 (5)#397 (3)—#1,059 (24)
2019#1,474 (149)#936 (38)———#1,186 (21)
2018#1,710 (121)#1,013 (35)#680 (4)——#1,741 (12)
2017#1,889 (107)#1,371 (24)#808 (3)——#1,506 (15)
2016#1,996 (99)#1,416 (23)———#2,040 (10)
2015#2,060 (95)#2,705 (9)———#1,584 (14)
2014#2,176 (87)#1,628 (18)———#1,681 (13)
2013#2,706 (64)#1,639 (18)———#1,792 (12)
2012#2,734 (64)#1,809 (16)———#2,921 (6)
2011#3,051 (55)#4,764 (4)———#2,348 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #817.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1881.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,800 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Aura is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,200 to 1 in 4,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Aura by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #927ILMichigan: #965MINew York: #505NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #374NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #815INOhio: #644OHPennsylvania: #558PANew Jersey: #572NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: #180RICalifornia: #616CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #573VAMaryland: #651MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #676AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,138NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #611GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,190TXFlorida: #583FL
Aura (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#7745
Ontario2024#86713

Aura (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AuraCanadaGirls#68344
AuraEngland & WalesGirls#64260
AuraIrelandGirls#8853
AuraNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AuraScotlandGirls—too few
AuraUSGirls#817333
AuraUSBoys#9,7147