Aurora

#15 for girls in 2025, 7,065 births · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2025 · 7,065 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
11 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
99,113
since 1880

Aurora over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#157,065#12,0085
2024#166,955#9,8947
2023#226,081#12,2395
2022#316,003#10,8636
2021#355,528#9,7147
2020#365,256#10,6056
2019#395,006#9,7567
2018#444,830#12,1565
2017#514,615—
2016#664,006—
2015#783,654—
2014#1162,752—
2013#1462,133—
2012#1661,905—
2011#1831,729—
2010#2031,530—
2009#2171,489—
2008#2871,174—
2007#3151,069—
2006#3071,069—
2005#336953—
2004#321989—
2003#373810—
2002#437664—
2001#417684—
2000#488557—
1999#503520—
1998#504503—
1997#547430—
1996#630355—
1995#659324—
1994#669318—
1993#620365—
1992#681321—
1991#765269—
1990#714293—
1989#722273—
1988#792236—
1987#716253—
1986#783216—
1985#795209—
1984#784204—
1983#869175—
1982#715243#6,3855
1981#773211—
1980#792207—
1979#813194—
1978#876167—
1977#806186—
1976#777184—
1975#788178—
1974#785174—
1973#763176—
1972#840155—
1971#796177—
1970#833164—
1969#929131—
1968#801158—
1967#770163—
1966#744175—
1965#751178—
1964#836156—
1963#838155—
1962#794172—
1961#869150—
1960#765177—
1959#821156—
1958#824151—
1957#793162—
1956#733173—
1955#700180—
1954#714167—
1953#662187—
1952#625198—
1951#630189—
1950#568217—
1949#613182—
1948#590199—
1947#535247—
1946#544211—
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1942#499223—
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1935#455196#3,6455
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1932#407256—
1931#404258#3,3906
1930#377325#3,5926
1929#350347#3,9595
1928#360361—
1927#357361#2,9129
1926#376327—
1925#370341#3,4087
1924#364357—
1923#361338—
1922#390281#4,3075
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1920#399274—
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1918#440226—
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First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Aurora was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Aurora is popular in 1989

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedNHWashington: #589 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,212 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedMNIllinois: #630 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 5,153 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedWIMichigan: #924 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 10,075 girlsMINew York: #1,263 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 13,198 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #928 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 10,261 girlsPANew Jersey: #934 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,598 girlsNJConnecticut: #475 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,824 girlsCTCalifornia: #443 for girls · 90 births · 1 in 2,711 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedUTColorado: #558 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,116 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedDEArizona: #353 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,956 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedHITexas: #412 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 2,615 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Aurora, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arizona#353 · 1 in 1,956
  2. Texas#412 · 1 in 2,615
  3. California#443 · 1 in 2,711
  4. Connecticut#475 · 1 in 3,824
  5. Colorado#558 · 1 in 4,116

Best ever in a state: #1 in Alaska, 2018.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arizona#353131 in 1,956
Texas#412511 in 2,615
California#443901 in 2,711
Connecticut#47551 in 3,824
Colorado#55851 in 4,116
Washington#58971 in 4,212
Illinois#630151 in 5,153
Michigan#92461 in 10,075
Pennsylvania#92871 in 10,261
New Jersey#93451 in 9,598
New York#1,26391 in 13,198
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Aurora
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 1 spot since 2024 (#16 → #15)
  • 21 spots since 2020 (#36 → #15)
  • 63 spots since 2015 (#78 → #15)
  • Biggest jump: 311 spots in 1891 (#1,006 → #695)
  • Biggest drop: 301 spots in 1889 (#724 → #1,025)
Rise & fade · girls
145 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2025 at #15 (7,065 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 11 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 11 yrs · run 2015–2025
  • Top 1,000: 143 yrs · run 1891–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 227
  • Highest: 1 in 227 girls born in 2025 were named Aurora (0.44%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 37.2% of all girls named Aurora (36,888) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s85#586 (1887)#725
1890s161#610 (1896)#781
1900s354#489 (1907)#614
1910s1,389#440 (1918)#493
1920s3,316#350 (1929)#370
1930s2,196#377 (1930)#447
1940s2,031#491 (1943)#537
1950s1,780#568 (1950)#707
1960s1,615#744 (1966)#810
1970s1,755#763 (1973)#808
1980s2,227#715 (1982)#774
1990s3,698#503 (1999)#629
2000s9,458#217 (2009)#350
2010s32,160#39 (2019)#109
2020s36,888#15 (2025)#26

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.

Aurora in 1989

girls
#722
273 births · 1 in 6,753 girls

Top girls' names in 1989

  1. #1Jessica47,887
  2. #2Ashley47,588
  3. #3Brittany37,792
  4. #4Amanda36,834
  5. #5Sarah27,797
  6. #6Samantha24,792
  7. #7Jennifer24,006
  8. #8Stephanie22,766
  9. #9Lauren21,065
  10. #10Elizabeth20,298
  11. #722Aurora273
More about 1989

girls

1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 6,753 of them was named Aurora, which outranked 95.0% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aurora
  1. #719Darcy275
  2. #719Debbie275
  3. #721Jolene274
  4. #722Aurora273
  5. #722Janna273
  6. #722Noel273
  7. #722Tiera273
  8. #726Melisa272
  9. #726Sonja272
  10. #726Tyler272

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,523Audriana#10,386 → #863
  2. ↑ 7,504Martika#8,391 → #887
  3. ↑ 6,932Audrianna#7,691 → #759
  4. ↑ 3,972Elizabet#4,496 → #524
  5. ↑ 1,772Katherin#2,489 → #717
Fallers
  1. ↓ 539Diandra#905 → #1,444
  2. ↓ 524Taja#720 → #1,244
  3. ↓ 455Jonathan#999 → #1,454
  4. ↓ 445Katarina#960 → #1,405
  5. ↓ 397Caryn#816 → #1,213

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1989 →