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Aurelius

Latin, meaning “golden”*

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #2,919, 2016: #2,551, 2017: #2,798, 2018: #2,472, 2019: #1,974, 2020: #1,977, 2021: #1,799, 2022: #1,393, 2023: #1,214, 2024: #1,122, 2025: #9911 in 7,426 boys in the US, 2025#991 · rising · was #2,919 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #4,747, 2016: #4,810, 2018: #3,959, 2019: #3,937, 2020: #3,334, 2021: #2,125, 2022: #2,019, 2023: #1,800, 2024: #1,235, 2025: #1,4661 in 15,108 boys in E&W, 2025#1,466 · rising · was #4,747 in 2015

Boy’s name · Latin · /ɔˈɹiliəs/

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What Aurelius means

Latin, meaning “golden”

From aureus (“golden”) + -lus (diminutive suffix) + -ius (adjectival suffix).

Source: Wiktionary, “Aurelius” (revision 92424940), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Aurelius?

US 2025
#991
230 babies
▲ 131 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#1466
18 babies
▼ 231 vs 2024
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Rising: up from #2919 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #4747 in 2015.

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

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 230 boys got the name (#991 that year). First in the US records in 1913.

How common

  • About 1 in 7,426 baby boys in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 15,108 baby boys 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 NM (0.92 per 1,000 boys), NV (0.44 per 1,000 boys), WA (0.37 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Aurelius is #991 in the US and #1466 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#9912301 in 7,426#2919
England & Wales#1466181 in 15,108#4747
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Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Aurelius were boys.

GirlsBoys
US 20250230
England & Wales 2025018
US all years since 188001,764
England & Wales since 19960113

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

How to say it

/ɔˈɹiliəs/, /əˈɹiliəs/

IPA from Wiktionary.

If you like Aurelius

Boys

  • Magnus#763“great”
  • Julian#25“Roman personal name”
  • Lucian#462Editor’s note Up from #633 in 2015 to #462 in 2025 in the US
  • Cassius#582Editor’s note Up from #644 in 2015 to #582 in 2025 in the US
  • Atticus#281“the Attic, the Athenian, a cognomen”
  • Bennett#40Form of Benedict, meaning “blessed, well spoken of”

For a sister

  • Azaria#638Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1988, with 6 babies
  • Lucy#24“light”
  • Clementine#456“merciful”
  • Zara#212“flower”
  • Luna#27“the moon”
  • Stella#52“star”

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 Aurelius’s. Rank is US 2025.

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