Aurora

What Aurora means

Italian, from Latin Aurōra, meaning “dawn, sunrise”

Inherited from Latin Aurōra, from aurōra (“dawn, sunrise”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Aurora” (revision 94534605), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Aurora?

US: Rising: up from #78 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #136 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 7,065 girls got the name (#15 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 227 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 246 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 201 baby girls in Scotland 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 WY (24.66 per 1,000 girls), VT (16.43 per 1,000 girls), AK (14.52 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Aurora is #15 in the US and #39 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9% of US babies named Aurora were girls.

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

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Arora22 US
• Aurorah12 US
• Aroura7 US · 3 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 Aurora

Girls

• Emilia#45Variant of Emily, meaning “rival, emulator”^*
• Nova#46“new”^*
• Zara#212“flower”^*
• Luna#27“the moon”^*
• Lucille#237Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 7,989 babies; 1,314 in 2025
• Valentina#35Same root as Valentine, meaning “strong, healthy”^*

For a brother

• Bennett#40Form of Benedict, meaning “blessed, well spoken of”^*
• Leo#19“lion”^*
• Roman#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #42 in 2025
• August#81“month of August”^*
• Augustus#407“majestic, venerable”^*
• Cassius#582Editor’s note Up from #644 in 2015 to #582 in 2025 in the US

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 Aurora’s. Rank is US 2025.