How rare is the name Aura?

10,770 people in the United States have the first name Aura, about 1 in 28,044. It ranks #2,342 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

AURA

#2,342

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,770
About
1 in 28,044
This common or more
79.5%
Who bears it

Of the 10,770 people named Aura, 84.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 10.1% as White and 2.3% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Aura peaked in 2025, when 340 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18812025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
340
In 2025*
340
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 5,028 babies have been given the name since 1881. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Aura by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #1,421. The largest share of babies named Aura, 46.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#1,42178
1890s#1,66993
1900s#2,00893
1910s#3,248147
1920s#4,318142
1930s#4,76598
1940s#5,67680
1950s#5,675106
1960s#5,183148
1970s#3,727343
1980s#4,153371
1990s#5,473346
2000s#5,526477
2010s#3,834895
2020s#1,8301,611
Before 19013.6%
Greatest Generation 1901–276.9%
Silent Generation 1928–453.4%
Baby boom 1946–644.2%
Generation X 1965–809.1%
Millennials 1981–9611.8%
Generation Z 1997–1214.6%
2013 and later46.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Aura is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Aura has been most common in California (3.3×), Florida (2.4×), and New York (2.2×), and least common in Ohio (0.49×).

2,399 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Aura

#2,340 Kailee · 10,797#2,341 Alecia · 10,784#2,343 Camilo · 10,757#2,344 Gena · 10,754

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Aura, most common first.

#4,768 Aurea · 3,803#11,664 Auria · 1,091#14,661 Auri · 800#20,881 Aury · 491#30,462 Auroa · 286

Also a last name

As a last name, Aura ranks #119,572 of 156,621, with 153 people. See Aura as a last name

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