Aura
Aura was given to 333 girls in 2025, #817 among girls’ names; 5,028 Americans have been recorded with it since 1881 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 4,260 Americans named Aura and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (85% of everyone recorded); the median is 11 years old and half are between 4 and 34.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Aura by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Aura mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Aura is “a diminutive of the female given name Aurelia, from Latin.” Its etymology gives the sense “breeze” (αὔρα).
The name of the deity is from Ancient Greek Αὔρα (Aúra), from αὔρα (aúra, “breeze”).
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Aura?
#817 among girls’ names, 2025
Aura rose from #2,061 in 2015 to #817 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.05 to 0.21 per 1,000.
340 babies in 2025, the peak
Aura peaked in 2025, when 340 babies were given it (333 girls, #817 among girls’ names). In 2024 it went to 310 girls.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 333 | #817 | 0.21 |
| 2024 | 310 | #871 | 0.19 |
| 2023 | 273 | #954 | 0.17 |
| 2022 | 247 | #1,034 | 0.15 |
| 2021 | 246 | #1,029 | 0.15 |
| 2020 | 190 | #1,207 | 0.12 |
| 2019 | 149 | #1,475 | 0.09 |
| 2018 | 121 | #1,712 | 0.07 |
| 2017 | 107 | #1,889 | 0.06 |
| 2016 | 99 | #1,999 | 0.06 |
Every recorded year (143)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 95 | #2,061 | 0.05 |
| 2014 | 87 | #2,180 | 0.05 |
| 2013 | 64 | #2,705 | 0.04 |
| 2012 | 64 | #2,739 | 0.04 |
| 2011 | 55 | #3,052 | 0.03 |
| 2010 | 54 | #3,080 | 0.03 |
| 2009 | 67 | #2,710 | 0.04 |
| 2008 | 40 | #3,947 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 49 | #3,386 | 0.03 |
| 2006 | 69 | #2,607 | 0.04 |
| 2005 | 52 | #3,055 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 34 | #4,099 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 29 | #4,430 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 51 | #2,891 | 0.03 |
| 2001 | 37 | #3,553 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 49 | #2,904 | 0.03 |
| 1999 | 30 | #3,895 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,244 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,013 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 37 | #3,149 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 45 | #2,686 | 0.03 |
| 1994 | 30 | #3,618 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 30 | #3,597 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 52 | #2,458 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 30 | #3,544 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 39 | #2,899 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 31 | #3,326 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 42 | #2,538 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 30 | #3,106 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 35 | #2,731 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 30 | #3,015 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 39 | #2,427 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 41 | #2,311 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 36 | #2,586 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 45 | #2,232 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 42 | #2,310 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 39 | #2,388 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 25 | #3,105 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 44 | #2,128 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 33 | #2,443 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 38 | #2,197 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 34 | #2,296 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 40 | #2,021 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 37 | #2,098 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 30 | #2,480 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 23 | #2,941 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,790 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 17 | #3,181 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 20 | #2,784 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 14 | #3,412 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,517 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 17 | #3,115 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 19 | #2,868 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,333 | under 0.01 |
| 1961 | 18 | #2,964 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 13 | #3,524 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 11 | #3,838 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,763 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,219 | under 0.01 |
| 1956 | 13 | #3,339 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 12 | #3,392 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,736 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,255 | under 0.01 |
| 1952 | 11 | #3,384 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,736 | under 0.01 |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,063 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,289 | under 0.01 |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,905 | under 0.01 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,459 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,239 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,055 | under 0.01 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,086 | under 0.01 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,874 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,763 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,542 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,402 | under 0.01 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,157 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,459 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,831 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,121 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,937 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,298 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,700 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,655 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,767 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,701 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 9 | #3,154 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 16 | #2,196 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,876 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,576 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,382 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,525 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 19 | #2,028 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,620 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 18 | #2,128 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,958 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,272 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 22 | #1,757 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 16 | #2,105 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 15 | #2,141 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 26 | #1,408 | 0.03 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,745 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,606 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,385 | 0.01 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,220 | 0.01 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,429 | 0.03 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,479 | 0.03 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,882 | 0.02 |
| 1907 | 10 | #1,306 | 0.03 |
| 1906 | 9 | #1,332 | 0.03 |
| 1905 | 10 | #1,243 | 0.03 |
| 1904 | 11 | #1,095 | 0.04 |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,210 | 0.03 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,614 | 0.02 |
| 1901 | 13 | #922 | 0.05 |
| 1900 | 10 | #1,233 | 0.03 |
| 1899 | 9 | #1,103 | 0.04 |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,383 | 0.03 |
| 1897 | 13 | #897 | 0.06 |
| 1896 | 8 | #1,218 | 0.03 |
| 1895 | 9 | #1,127 | 0.04 |
| 1894 | 13 | #856 | 0.06 |
| 1893 | 11 | #906 | 0.05 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,290 | 0.03 |
| 1891 | 8 | #1,016 | 0.04 |
| 1890 | 9 | #946 | 0.05 |
| 1889 | 11 | #805 | 0.06 |
| 1888 | 16 | #641 | 0.09 |
| 1886 | 7 | #905 | 0.05 |
| 1884 | 13 | #587 | 0.10 |
| 1883 | 8 | #699 | 0.07 |
| 1882 | 13 | #511 | 0.12 |
| 1881 | 10 | #542 | 0.11 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Aura a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Aura has been given almost only to girls: 12 boys in 143 years of records.
Girls and boys named Aura: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Aura, and how old are they?
4,260 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 85% of the 5,028 Americans ever recorded as Aura. The median Aura alive today is 11 years old; half are between 4 and 34.
The 2020 Census counted 10,770 people named Aura (10,723 women and girls, 47 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,777 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3.9 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 46 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 168 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 429 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 575 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 725 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,320 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Aura born?
The states with the most babies named Aura are California, New York and Florida, with 41% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 51 | #622 | 1.5× |
| New York | 33 | #507 | 1.3× |
| Florida | 30 | #583 | 0.8× |
| Texas | 22 | #1,193 | 0.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 19 | #561 | 0.4× |
| Georgia | 17 | #618 | 0.5× |
| Ohio | 15 | #645 | 0.3× |
| New Jersey | 13 | #581 | 0.6× |
| Virginia | 13 | #577 | 0.4× |
| Illinois | 9 | #939 | 0.3× |
Where Aura is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Aura is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 1.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Aura with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 288,184 babies since 1880, Aura is the fifth most given (1.7% of them). In 2025 it was given to 340 of their 16,040 babies (2.1%), the fourth most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Aura
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1880-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Octavia | 24,117 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Aura and names like it
- Compare Aura and AuroraBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sAura peaked in 2025.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Aura since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Aura: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Aura.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Aura alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with AMost given first.