Aura
#817 for girls in 2025, 333 births · #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1882 · 13 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,016since 1881
Aura over time
Rank among girls' names. Aura has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #817 | 333 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2024 | #871 | 310 | — | |
| 2023 | #954 | 273 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,034 | 247 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #1,029 | 246 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,206 | 190 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,474 | 149 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,710 | 121 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,889 | 107 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,996 | 99 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,060 | 95 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,176 | 87 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,706 | 64 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,734 | 64 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,051 | 55 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,075 | 54 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,705 | 67 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,936 | 40 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,376 | 49 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,602 | 69 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,052 | 52 | — | |
| 2004 | #4,093 | 34 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,418 | 29 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,888 | 51 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,549 | 37 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,903 | 49 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,895 | 30 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,238 | 26 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,007 | 27 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,149 | 37 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,687 | 45 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,615 | 30 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,585 | 30 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,459 | 52 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,540 | 30 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,900 | 39 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,330 | 31 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,539 | 42 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,101 | 30 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,724 | 35 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,008 | 30 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,421 | 39 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,310 | 41 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,581 | 36 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,231 | 45 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,308 | 42 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,387 | 39 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,098 | 25 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,124 | 44 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,439 | 33 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,196 | 38 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,290 | 34 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,019 | 40 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,093 | 37 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,477 | 30 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,938 | 23 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,781 | 20 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,400 | 14 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,864 | 19 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,957 | 18 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,512 | 13 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,747 | 11 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 | — | |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,372 | 11 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 | — | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 | — | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,532 | 12 | — | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,447 | 12 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,690 | 11 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,194 | 16 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,859 | 11 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,569 | 13 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,514 | 14 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,021 | 19 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,120 | 18 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,952 | 20 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,264 | 15 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,754 | 22 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,100 | 16 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,133 | 15 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,405 | 26 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,740 | 15 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,601 | 14 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | — | |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,289 | 10 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,321 | 9 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,238 | 10 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,092 | 11 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | — | |
| 1901 | #918 | 13 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,231 | 10 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,099 | 9 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 | — | |
| 1897 | #895 | 13 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,213 | 8 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,123 | 9 | — | |
| 1894 | #850 | 13 | — | |
| 1893 | #901 | 11 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,006 | 8 | — | |
| 1890 | #940 | 9 | — | |
| 1889 | #802 | 11 | — | |
| 1888 | #636 | 16 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | #897 | 7 | — | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | #583 | 13 | — | |
| 1883 | #692 | 8 | — | |
| 1882 | #507 | 13 | — | |
| 1881 | #539 | 10 | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Aura! It came in at #539, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Aura is popular in 1904
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Aura
- 54 spots since 2024 (#871 → #817)
- 389 spots since 2020 (#1,206 → #817)
- 1,243 spots since 2015 (#2,060 → #817)
- Biggest jump: 377 spots in 1893 (#1,278 → #901)
- Biggest drop: 676 spots in 1902 (#918 → #1,594)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1882 at #507 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1881–1884
- Highest: 1 in 4,827 girls born in 2025 were named Aura (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #507 in 1882, was only 1 in 8,296 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 31.9% of all girls named Aura (1,599) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 78 | #507 (1882) | #665 |
| 1890s | 93 | #850 (1894) | #1,068 |
| 1900s | 93 | #918 (1901) | #1,322 |
| 1910s | 147 | #1,405 (1915) | #1,897 |
| 1920s | 142 | #1,952 (1920) | #2,534 |
| 1930s | 98 | #2,289 (1934) | #2,848 |
| 1940s | 80 | #2,532 (1941) | #3,735 |
| 1950s | 106 | #3,052 (1950) | #3,656 |
| 1960s | 148 | #2,781 (1967) | #3,535 |
| 1970s | 343 | #2,019 (1973) | #2,406 |
| 1980s | 371 | #2,231 (1981) | #2,655 |
| 1990s | 346 | #2,459 (1992) | #3,408 |
| 2000s | 477 | #2,602 (2006) | #3,352 |
| 2010s | 895 | #1,474 (2019) | #2,287 |
| 2020s | 1,599 | #817 (2025) | #985 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Aura in 1904
Top girls' names in 1904
More about 1904
girls
275,362 girls got a published name in 1904; 1 in 25,033 of them was named Aura, which outranked 49.6% of the 2,165 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,050Vadie12
- #1,050Vester12
- #1,050Vira12
- #1,092Aura11
- #1,092Alvera11
- #1,092Arabella11
- #1,092Ardelia11
- #1,170America10
- #1,170Anabel10
- #1,170Annice10
Tied with 77 names at #1,092; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.