Aurelia
Aurelia was given to 1,056 girls in 2025, #290 among girls’ names; 18,435 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 12,700 Americans named Aurelia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (69% of everyone recorded); the median is 10 years old and half are between 4 and 32.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Aurelia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Aurelia mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Aurelia is “a female given name from Latin.” Its etymology gives the sense “golden” (aureus).
Borrowed from Latin Aurēlia, the feminine form of the Roman gens name Aurēlius, from aureus (“golden”).
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Aurelia?
#290 among girls’ names, 2025
Aurelia rose from #799 in 2015 to #290 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.20 to 0.66 per 1,000.
1,056 babies in 2025, the peak
Aurelia peaked in 2025, when 1,056 girls were given it, #290 among girls’ names. In 2024 it went to 938 girls.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,056 | #290 | 0.66 |
| 2024 | 938 | #334 | 0.58 |
| 2023 | 829 | #370 | 0.52 |
| 2022 | 644 | #489 | 0.39 |
| 2021 | 595 | #518 | 0.36 |
| 2020 | 568 | #531 | 0.35 |
| 2019 | 453 | #642 | 0.27 |
| 2018 | 456 | #652 | 0.27 |
| 2017 | 435 | #674 | 0.25 |
| 2016 | 433 | #675 | 0.24 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 353 | #799 | 0.20 |
| 2014 | 334 | #830 | 0.19 |
| 2013 | 320 | #832 | 0.18 |
| 2012 | 253 | #1,000 | 0.14 |
| 2011 | 242 | #1,031 | 0.14 |
| 2010 | 215 | #1,137 | 0.12 |
| 2009 | 225 | #1,121 | 0.12 |
| 2008 | 169 | #1,408 | 0.09 |
| 2007 | 124 | #1,745 | 0.06 |
| 2006 | 125 | #1,683 | 0.07 |
| 2005 | 112 | #1,756 | 0.06 |
| 2004 | 80 | #2,203 | 0.04 |
| 2003 | 83 | #2,103 | 0.05 |
| 2002 | 74 | #2,228 | 0.04 |
| 2001 | 55 | #2,703 | 0.03 |
| 2000 | 58 | #2,566 | 0.03 |
| 1999 | 52 | #2,677 | 0.03 |
| 1998 | 60 | #2,336 | 0.03 |
| 1997 | 62 | #2,198 | 0.04 |
| 1996 | 59 | #2,251 | 0.03 |
| 1995 | 55 | #2,364 | 0.03 |
| 1994 | 63 | #2,138 | 0.04 |
| 1993 | 68 | #2,029 | 0.04 |
| 1992 | 65 | #2,073 | 0.04 |
| 1991 | 65 | #2,069 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 75 | #1,877 | 0.04 |
| 1989 | 48 | #2,409 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 66 | #1,863 | 0.04 |
| 1987 | 53 | #2,066 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 47 | #2,196 | 0.03 |
| 1985 | 60 | #1,856 | 0.03 |
| 1984 | 66 | #1,658 | 0.04 |
| 1983 | 51 | #1,993 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 70 | #1,642 | 0.04 |
| 1981 | 53 | #1,987 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 59 | #1,834 | 0.04 |
| 1979 | 75 | #1,544 | 0.05 |
| 1978 | 51 | #1,915 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 62 | #1,683 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 64 | #1,569 | 0.04 |
| 1975 | 50 | #1,840 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 53 | #1,710 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 58 | #1,590 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 60 | #1,544 | 0.04 |
| 1971 | 70 | #1,467 | 0.04 |
| 1970 | 48 | #1,830 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 51 | #1,687 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 48 | #1,679 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 51 | #1,581 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 52 | #1,550 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 45 | #1,673 | 0.03 |
| 1964 | 44 | #1,749 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 48 | #1,648 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 56 | #1,496 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 63 | #1,405 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 69 | #1,327 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 57 | #1,416 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 59 | #1,378 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 73 | #1,227 | 0.04 |
| 1956 | 88 | #1,101 | 0.04 |
| 1955 | 87 | #1,080 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 91 | #1,027 | 0.05 |
| 1953 | 69 | #1,163 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 64 | #1,184 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 83 | #1,020 | 0.05 |
| 1950 | 95 | #912 | 0.06 |
| 1949 | 93 | #918 | 0.05 |
| 1948 | 87 | #929 | 0.05 |
| 1947 | 88 | #941 | 0.05 |
| 1946 | 84 | #911 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 91 | #784 | 0.07 |
| 1944 | 73 | #893 | 0.06 |
| 1943 | 85 | #844 | 0.06 |
| 1942 | 80 | #859 | 0.06 |
| 1941 | 94 | #728 | 0.08 |
| 1940 | 79 | #796 | 0.07 |
| 1939 | 65 | #868 | 0.06 |
| 1938 | 108 | #660 | 0.10 |
| 1937 | 99 | #683 | 0.09 |
| 1936 | 101 | #658 | 0.10 |
| 1935 | 96 | #680 | 0.09 |
| 1934 | 124 | #582 | 0.12 |
| 1933 | 94 | #672 | 0.09 |
| 1932 | 115 | #616 | 0.11 |
| 1931 | 118 | #609 | 0.11 |
| 1930 | 148 | #558 | 0.13 |
| 1929 | 123 | #619 | 0.11 |
| 1928 | 157 | #559 | 0.14 |
| 1927 | 169 | #544 | 0.14 |
| 1926 | 177 | #525 | 0.15 |
| 1925 | 187 | #516 | 0.15 |
| 1924 | 187 | #524 | 0.15 |
| 1923 | 179 | #529 | 0.15 |
| 1922 | 144 | #601 | 0.12 |
| 1921 | 166 | #551 | 0.13 |
| 1920 | 174 | #539 | 0.15 |
| 1919 | 158 | #548 | 0.14 |
| 1918 | 188 | #494 | 0.16 |
| 1917 | 173 | #502 | 0.16 |
| 1916 | 162 | #513 | 0.16 |
| 1915 | 164 | #481 | 0.17 |
| 1914 | 111 | #526 | 0.15 |
| 1913 | 102 | #503 | 0.16 |
| 1912 | 90 | #504 | 0.16 |
| 1911 | 81 | #456 | 0.19 |
| 1910 | 69 | #490 | 0.17 |
| 1909 | 71 | #440 | 0.20 |
| 1908 | 83 | #399 | 0.25 |
| 1907 | 72 | #420 | 0.23 |
| 1906 | 49 | #492 | 0.17 |
| 1905 | 47 | #490 | 0.16 |
| 1904 | 40 | #521 | 0.15 |
| 1903 | 46 | #470 | 0.18 |
| 1902 | 50 | #440 | 0.19 |
| 1901 | 53 | #411 | 0.22 |
| 1900 | 66 | #415 | 0.22 |
| 1899 | 54 | #390 | 0.23 |
| 1898 | 56 | #413 | 0.22 |
| 1897 | 44 | #441 | 0.19 |
| 1896 | 42 | #448 | 0.18 |
| 1895 | 45 | #421 | 0.19 |
| 1894 | 46 | #409 | 0.21 |
| 1893 | 45 | #401 | 0.21 |
| 1892 | 36 | #453 | 0.17 |
| 1891 | 33 | #441 | 0.18 |
| 1890 | 33 | #446 | 0.17 |
| 1889 | 35 | #411 | 0.20 |
| 1888 | 36 | #414 | 0.20 |
| 1887 | 25 | #447 | 0.17 |
| 1886 | 29 | #401 | 0.20 |
| 1885 | 17 | #524 | 0.13 |
| 1884 | 21 | #438 | 0.16 |
| 1883 | 14 | #523 | 0.12 |
| 1882 | 18 | #434 | 0.17 |
| 1881 | 15 | #436 | 0.16 |
| 1880 | 21 | #353 | 0.23 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Aurelia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Aurelia has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 146 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Aurelia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Aurelia, and how old are they?
12,700 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 69% of the 18,435 Americans ever recorded as Aurelia. The median Aurelia alive today is 10 years old; half are between 4 and 32.
The 2020 Census counted 14,110 people named Aurelia (14,061 women and girls, 49 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 8,789 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.6 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 | 488 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,070 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 834 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 937 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,970 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 7,370 |
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 Aurelia born?
The states with the most babies named Aurelia are California, Texas and New York, with 33% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 169 | #198 | 1.2× |
| Texas | 114 | #300 | 1.3× |
| New York | 59 | #284 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 49 | #376 | 0.6× |
| Washington | 46 | #155 | 1.1× |
| Arizona | 44 | #141 | 1.7× |
| Colorado | 38 | #152 | 1.3× |
| Illinois | 34 | #316 | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 31 | #354 | 0.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 28 | #386 | 0.6× |
Where Aurelia is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Aurelia is most over-represented in New Mexico: since 1910 it was given 2.9 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 Aurelia 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 27,516 babies since 1880, Aurelia is the most given (67% of them). In 2025 it was given to 1,056 of their 1,386 babies (76%), again the most given.
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 Aurelia
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
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 Aurelia and names like it
- Compare Aurelia and AreliBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sAurelia peaked in 2025.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Aurelia since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Aurelia: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Aurelia.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Aurelia alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with AMost given first.