Fun Facts About the Name Aurora
- Gaining ground: Aurora remained in the U.S. top 100 for 11 consecutive years, from 2015 through 2025. In 2025, it gained 1 ranking positions compared with the previous year.
- More than 99 thousand babies named Aurora: U.S. records list 99,141 babies given the name Aurora from 1880 through 2025. Even 96 boys received the name Aurora - about 1 boy for every 1,032 girls.
What Does the Name Aurora Mean?
Aurora is a Latin name meaning dawn. It comes directly from the Latin noun aurora, which means dawn, daybreak, or morning. In Roman mythology, Aurora is the goddess of dawn, the Roman counterpart of the Greek goddess Eos. The Latin word descends from an ancient Indo-European word for dawn, also reflected in Greek Ēōs (Eos) and Sanskrit Uṣas. The literal sense of the name is dawn; the goddess is a personification of that meaning, not a separate etymology.
Aurora Name History & Origins
Aurora was the Roman goddess of dawn, corresponding to the Greek Eos. Latin poets, including Virgil and Ovid, mention her, and Roman myth adapted stories told of Eos, such as her love for the mortal Tithonus. The name passed into use as a given name in Romance-speaking Europe. In Spanish, aurora is the ordinary word for dawn, and Aurora is a traditional given name; it is also used in Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian.
In English, Aurora appears as a given name and in literary works. Elizabeth Barrett Browning used it for the title character of her verse-novel Aurora Leigh (1856). Tchaikovsky's ballet The Sleeping Beauty (1890) named its princess Aurora, and Disney's 1959 film Sleeping Beauty also used the name for its princess. These are well-known later uses, not the name's origin.
How Popular is the Name Aurora?
Aurora recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2025. Aurora entered the top 100 U.S. girl names in 2015.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #15 | 7,065 | 0.4396% |
| 2024 | #16 | 6,917 | 0.4288% |
| 2023 | #22 | 6,080 | 0.3794% |
| 2022 | #31 | 5,998 | 0.3660% |
| 2021 | #35 | 5,525 | 0.3369% |
| 2020 | #35 | 5,252 | 0.3251% |
| 2019 | #39 | 5,002 | 0.2982% |
| 2018 | #44 | 4,828 | 0.2839% |
| 2017 | #51 | 4,614 | 0.2673% |
| 2016 | #66 | 4,005 | 0.2261% |
| 2015 | #78 | 3,651 | 0.2046% |
| 2014 | #116 | 2,751 | 0.1540% |
| 2013 | #146 | 2,132 | 0.1215% |
| 2012 | #166 | 1,905 | 0.1082% |
| 2011 | #183 | 1,727 | 0.0982% |
| 2010 | #203 | 1,530 | 0.0861% |
| 2009 | #217 | 1,489 | 0.0811% |
| 2008 | #287 | 1,174 | 0.0621% |
| 2007 | #315 | 1,069 | 0.0556% |
| 2006 | #307 | 1,069 | 0.0562% |
| 2005 | #336 | 952 | 0.0515% |
| 2004 | #321 | 989 | 0.0539% |
| 2003 | #373 | 810 | 0.0443% |
| 2002 | #437 | 664 | 0.0370% |
| 2001 | #418 | 684 | 0.0380% |
| 2000 | #488 | 557 | 0.0307% |
| 1999 | #503 | 520 | 0.0293% |
| 1998 | #504 | 503 | 0.0285% |
| 1997 | #547 | 430 | 0.0247% |
| 1996 | #631 | 355 | 0.0203% |
| 1995 | #659 | 324 | 0.0184% |
| 1994 | #670 | 318 | 0.0178% |
| 1993 | #620 | 365 | 0.0202% |
| 1992 | #681 | 321 | 0.0174% |
| 1991 | #765 | 269 | 0.0143% |
| 1990 | #714 | 293 | 0.0154% |
| 1989 | #722 | 273 | 0.0148% |
| 1988 | #792 | 236 | 0.0133% |
| 1987 | #716 | 253 | 0.0146% |
| 1986 | #783 | 216 | 0.0126% |
| 1985 | #795 | 209 | 0.0121% |
| 1984 | #784 | 204 | 0.0121% |
| 1983 | #869 | 175 | 0.0105% |
| 1982 | #715 | 243 | 0.0144% |
| 1981 | #774 | 211 | 0.0126% |
| 1980 | #792 | 207 | 0.0125% |
| 1979 | #813 | 194 | 0.0121% |
| 1978 | #877 | 167 | 0.0109% |
| 1977 | #806 | 186 | 0.0121% |
| 1976 | #777 | 184 | 0.0126% |
| 1975 | #788 | 178 | 0.0122% |
| 1974 | #785 | 174 | 0.0119% |
| 1973 | #763 | 176 | 0.0121% |
| 1972 | #840 | 154 | 0.0101% |
| 1971 | #796 | 177 | 0.0106% |
| 1970 | #833 | 164 | 0.0094% |
| 1969 | #929 | 131 | 0.0078% |
| 1968 | #801 | 158 | 0.0096% |
| 1967 | #770 | 163 | 0.0099% |
| 1966 | #744 | 175 | 0.0103% |
| 1965 | #751 | 178 | 0.0101% |
| 1964 | #836 | 156 | 0.0082% |
| 1963 | #842 | 154 | 0.0080% |
| 1962 | #790 | 173 | 0.0088% |
| 1961 | #870 | 150 | 0.0074% |
| 1960 | #765 | 177 | 0.0088% |
| 1959 | #821 | 156 | 0.0077% |
| 1958 | #823 | 151 | 0.0075% |
| 1957 | #793 | 162 | 0.0079% |
| 1956 | #733 | 173 | 0.0086% |
| 1955 | #701 | 180 | 0.0092% |
| 1954 | #715 | 167 | 0.0086% |
| 1953 | #662 | 187 | 0.0099% |
| 1952 | #625 | 198 | 0.0107% |
| 1951 | #631 | 189 | 0.0105% |
| 1950 | #568 | 217 | 0.0127% |
| 1949 | #613 | 182 | 0.0106% |
| 1948 | #590 | 199 | 0.0117% |
| 1947 | #535 | 247 | 0.0139% |
| 1946 | #544 | 211 | 0.0134% |
| 1945 | #502 | 213 | 0.0163% |
| 1944 | #506 | 203 | 0.0153% |
| 1943 | #492 | 228 | 0.0163% |
| 1942 | #499 | 223 | 0.0165% |
| 1941 | #537 | 171 | 0.0142% |
| 1940 | #557 | 154 | 0.0135% |
| 1939 | #500 | 178 | 0.0162% |
| 1938 | #482 | 190 | 0.0172% |
| 1937 | #493 | 177 | 0.0166% |
| 1936 | #462 | 193 | 0.0186% |
| 1935 | #455 | 196 | 0.0187% |
| 1934 | #448 | 212 | 0.0203% |
| 1933 | #444 | 211 | 0.0209% |
| 1932 | #407 | 256 | 0.0240% |
| 1931 | #404 | 258 | 0.0242% |
| 1930 | #377 | 325 | 0.0289% |
| 1929 | #350 | 347 | 0.0311% |
| 1928 | #360 | 361 | 0.0313% |
| 1927 | #357 | 361 | 0.0303% |
| 1926 | #377 | 327 | 0.0276% |
| 1925 | #370 | 341 | 0.0280% |
| 1924 | #364 | 357 | 0.0286% |
| 1923 | #361 | 338 | 0.0280% |
| 1922 | #390 | 281 | 0.0234% |
| 1921 | #369 | 329 | 0.0267% |
| 1920 | #399 | 274 | 0.0229% |
| 1919 | #441 | 223 | 0.0197% |
| 1918 | #440 | 226 | 0.0195% |
| 1917 | #482 | 185 | 0.0171% |
| 1916 | #471 | 182 | 0.0174% |
| 1915 | #513 | 147 | 0.0149% |
| 1914 | #541 | 107 | 0.0140% |
| 1913 | #534 | 90 | 0.0144% |
| 1912 | #474 | 102 | 0.0183% |
| 1911 | #511 | 66 | 0.0158% |
| 1910 | #522 | 61 | 0.0154% |
| 1909 | #516 | 53 | 0.0153% |
| 1908 | #547 | 46 | 0.0138% |
| 1907 | #489 | 53 | 0.0166% |
| 1906 | #603 | 35 | 0.0119% |
| 1905 | #519 | 43 | 0.0147% |
| 1904 | #613 | 31 | 0.0113% |
| 1903 | #631 | 28 | 0.0107% |
| 1902 | #799 | 19 | 0.0072% |
| 1901 | #632 | 25 | 0.0104% |
| 1900 | #806 | 21 | 0.0070% |
| 1899 | #794 | 17 | 0.0073% |
| 1898 | #924 | 14 | 0.0054% |
| 1897 | #792 | 16 | 0.0068% |
| 1896 | #610 | 26 | 0.0109% |
| 1895 | #819 | 15 | 0.0064% |
| 1894 | #815 | 14 | 0.0063% |
| 1893 | #644 | 20 | 0.0094% |
| 1892 | #733 | 16 | 0.0075% |
| 1891 | #697 | 15 | 0.0081% |
| 1890 | #1,012 | 8 | 0.0042% |
| 1889 | #1,035 | 7 | 0.0039% |
| 1888 | #726 | 13 | 0.0073% |
| 1887 | #589 | 15 | 0.0103% |
| 1886 | #781 | 9 | 0.0062% |
| 1884 | #643 | 11 | 0.0085% |
| 1883 | #615 | 10 | 0.0089% |
| 1882 | #680 | 8 | 0.0074% |
| 1881 | #746 | 6 | 0.0065% |
| 1880 | #750 | 6 | 0.0066% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,222 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2024 | #9,980 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #12,419 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #10,995 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #9,814 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2020 | #10,730 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #9,851 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #12,342 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1982 | #6,452 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1935 | #3,681 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1931 | #3,412 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1930 | #3,622 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1929 | #4,000 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1927 | #2,927 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1925 | #3,438 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1922 | #4,355 | 5 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Aurora Shapes Your Personality and Life?
Powerful and complete. You are good intellectually and require several outlets for your energies. You are not a builder but a planner, and you want others to carry out your plans. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
You are always looking for an opportunity to achieve financial and emotional security. You are basically peacemaker. You understand the law of harmony and desire to balance your life with those around you. You may feel incomplete without someone to share your love, ideals, wealth or work. You can be very sensitive and could appear a bit shy and perceptive. You have developed intuition, patience and the ability to nurture others. You can achieve the state of happiness if you are willing to accept your needs in a complimentary relationship and go to create them.
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