NameTides

Aurora

Aurora was the #15 girls' name in the US in 2025 (7,065 babies), and #39 in England & Wales and #29 in Canada.

Aurora as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Aurora as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandUSEngland & WalesCanadaNorthern IrelandIreland
Aurora as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#15 (7,065)#39 (1,030)#45 (89)#87 (24)#76 (65)#29 (530)#42 (151)#41 (137)
2024#16 (6,955)#43 (1,002)#55 (74)#93 (22)#98 (48)#34 (545)#37 (161)#49 (122)
2023#22 (6,081)#49 (964)#62 (68)#91 (23)#130 (36)#39 (480)#50 (133)#51 (110)
2022#31 (6,003)#49 (972)#71 (58)#147 (14)#140 (38)#49 (446)#29 (185)#58 (104)
2021#35 (5,528)#56 (910)#87 (51)#152 (15)#165 (29)#58 (456)#37 (182)#61 (99)
2020#36 (5,256)#64 (781)#90 (49)#178 (10)#178 (26)#59 (425)#46 (139)#70 (83)
2019#39 (5,006)#70 (777)#90 (49)#167 (12)#180 (28)#62 (416)#52 (125)#68 (87)
2018#44 (4,830)#69 (752)#95 (47)#195 (10)#155 (34)#62 (413)#45 (140)#78 (70)
2017#51 (4,615)#80 (665)#96 (48)#150 (15)#241 (20)#59 (425)#47 (119)#71 (74)
2016#66 (4,006)#105 (552)#142 (34)#251 (7)#316 (14)#78 (352)#80 (92)#75 (72)
2015#78 (3,654)#136 (417)#167 (27)#312 (5)#402 (11)#89 (319)#80 (91)#88 (55)
2014#116 (2,752)#200 (268)#261 (17)#365 (4)#536 (7)#110 (266)#100 (67)—
2013#146 (2,133)#257 (187)#319 (12)#440 (3)#424 (10)#186 (179)——
2012#166 (1,905)#345 (140)#335 (12)#383 (4)#474 (9)#197 (169)——
2011#183 (1,729)#404 (111)#465 (7)—#695 (5)#191 (170)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #15.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 230 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 4. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 230common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 250common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 200common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 300common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 320common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 280common

Next year

On its recent trend, Aurora is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 210 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 200 to 1 in 220.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Aurora by state, 2025Alaska: #5AKMaine: #34MEWisconsin: #29WIVermont: #8VTNew Hampshire: #24NHWashington: #20WAIdaho: #12IDMontana: #15MTNorth Dakota: #11NDMinnesota: #17MNIllinois: #40ILMichigan: #14MINew York: #20NYMassachusetts: #19MAOregon: #10ORNevada: #11NVWyoming: #1WYSouth Dakota: #18SDIowa: #15IAIndiana: #14INOhio: #12OHPennsylvania: #16PANew Jersey: #37NJConnecticut: #32CTRhode Island: #8RICalifornia: #19CAUtah: #30UTColorado: #72CONebraska: #19NEMissouri: #11MOKentucky: #22KYWest Virginia: #13WVVirginia: #16VAMaryland: #21MDDelaware: #20DEArizona: #14AZNew Mexico: #9NMKansas: #18KSArkansas: #22ARTennessee: #26TNNorth Carolina: #20NCSouth Carolina: #24SCDistrict of Columbia: #26DCOklahoma: #15OKLouisiana: #25LAMississippi: #70MSAlabama: #40ALGeorgia: #39GAHawaii: #15HITexas: #14TXFlorida: #11FL
Aurora (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
Ontario2024#24256
Quebec2025#29618

Aurora (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
AuroraCanadaGirls#29530
AuroraEngland & WalesGirls#391,030
AuroraIrelandGirls#7665
AuroraNorthern IrelandGirls#8724
AuroraNSWGirls#42151
AuroraScotlandGirls#4589
AuroraUSGirls#157,065
AuroraUSBoys#12,0085
AuroraVICGirls#41137