Aurelian — #3774 US boys' name
105 babies named Aurelian in U.S. Social Security records since 2017, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 74% of names given to boys today.
82% of everyone ever named Aurelian was born in this single decade.
30 babies were named Aurelian in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Aurelian
The Social Security Administration has registered 105 babies named Aurelian between 2017 and 2024, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Aurelian currently holds the #3774 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 30 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Aurelian performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 86 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Aurelian shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Aurelian in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Aurelian in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 105 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Aurelian at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Aurelian popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2017
- Peak year (2024)
- 30
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
Currently ranks #3774 among boys.
105 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 30 births in a single year.
Aurelian by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 86 births that decade — 82% of Aurelian's all-time total
Aurelian decade highlights
- Peak decade 86 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Aurelian's strongest decade
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 82% of all-time use.
Aurelian by state
Where Aurelian concentrates geographically — total births since 2017
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 4.8% |
5 of 105 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 4.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2017–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.