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Aura

Means “breeze”*

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #2,060, 2016: #1,996, 2017: #1,889, 2018: #1,710, 2019: #1,474, 2020: #1,206, 2021: #1,029, 2022: #1,034, 2023: #954, 2024: #871, 2025: #8171 in 4,827 girls in the US, 2025#817 · rising · was #2,060 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #2,705, 2016: #1,416, 2017: #1,371, 2018: #1,013, 2019: #936, 2020: #720, 2021: #594, 2022: #630, 2023: #583, 2024: #520, 2025: #6421 in 4,221 girls in E&W, 2025#642 · rising · was #2,705 in 2015

Girl’s name · Latin

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What Aura means

Means “breeze”

The name of the deity is from Ancient Greek Αὔρα (Aúra), from αὔρα (aúra, “breeze”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Aura” (revision 94603422), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Aura?

US 2025
#817
333 babies
▲ 54 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#642
60 babies
▼ 122 vs 2024
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Rising: up from #2060 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #2705 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 girls born. Dot: biggest US share (2025)

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 333 girls got the name (#817 that year). First in the US records in 1881.

How common

  • About 1 in 4,827 baby girls in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 4,221 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in RI (2.04 per 1,000 girls), NV (0.76 per 1,000 girls), NY (0.42 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Aura is #817 in the US and #642 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#8173331 in 4,827#2060
England & Wales#642601 in 4,221#2705
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Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 97.9% of US babies named Aura were girls.

GirlsBoys
US 20253337
England & Wales 2025600
US all years since 18805,01612
England & Wales since 19966050

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

  • Ayra276 US · 422 E&W
  • Ari476 US · 28 E&W
  • Aira223 US · 127 E&W
  • Ira222 US · 39 E&W
  • Eira116 US · 112 E&W
  • Ayrah10 US · 69 E&W
  • Era64 US · 14 E&W
  • Airah17 US · 60 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Aura

Girls

  • Rosalia#608Same root as Rosalie, meaning “rose”
  • Flora#607Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,337 in 2015, #607 in 2025
  • Cecilia#108possibly “blind”
  • Rosemary#251“dew of the sea”
  • Mabel#201“lovable”
  • Aurelia#290“golden”

For a brother

  • Theodore#4Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #99 in 2015, #4 in 2025
  • Leon#138“lion”
  • Felix#175“happy, lucky”
  • Augustine#545Same root as Austin, meaning “majestic”
  • August#81“month of August”
  • Benedict#814“blessed, well spoken of”

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Aura’s. Rank is US 2025.

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