Girls' name · since 1884
Aurore
Aurore has 693 recorded births since 1884 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1914 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,573 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 693
- born since 1884
- 1910s
- peak decade
Aurore is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 693 have been recorded since 1884.
Aurore has 693 recorded births among girls since 1884, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1884 to 2022.
- #9,573 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 693 born since 1884
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aurore ranks #9,573 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 693 born since 1884, peaking in the 1910s.
- #9,573 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 693
- born since 1884
- 1910s
- peak decade
Aurore's 693 recorded births place it above 86.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Massachusetts.
Aurore's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Aurore's SSA record in two at 1915 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1885, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1914 peak of 27, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Aurore popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1884–2022
- Peak year (1914)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 139 years of records
Aurore by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (184 births, 27% of the file).
1910s was Aurore's strongest decade.
184 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Aurore births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 11
1880s
11 births
- 1890s
1890s
125 births
- 1900s
1900s
145 births
- 1910s
1910s
184 births
- 1920s
1920s
146 births
- 1930s 38
1930s
38 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2000s 9
2000s
9 births
- 2010s 25
2010s
25 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 184 births (27% of all-time use).
How Aurore compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Aurore's total volume
Aurore by state
Where Aurore concentrates geographically, total births since 1884
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Massachusetts | | 108 | 15.6% |
| #2 | Maine | | 45 | 6.5% |
| #3 | Rhode Island | | 15 | 2.2% |
| #4 | New Hampshire | | 7 | 1.0% |
108 of 693 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- Aurore's decade-level peak was the 1910s (184 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Massachusetts records the most Aurores (108 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Massachusetts names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Aurore: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1914)
Similar record span (~138 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1884–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Aurore draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.