How rare is the name Aurelia?

14,110 people in the United States have the first name Aurelia, about 1 in 21,405. It ranks #1,968 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

AURELIA

#1,968

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
14,110
About
1 in 21,405
This common or more
77.9%
Who bears it

Of the 14,110 people named Aurelia, 52.4% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 30.8% as White and 6.8% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Aurelia peaked in 2025, when 1,056 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
1,056
In 2025*
1,056
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 18,435 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Aurelia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #676. The largest share of babies named Aurelia, 40.2%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#781231
1890s#676434
1900s#699577
1910s#9251,298
1920s#1,0141,663
1930s#1,1891,068
1940s#1,525854
1950s#1,924766
1960s#2,529527
1970s#2,664591
1980s#3,124573
1990s#3,672624
2000s#3,1071,105
2010s#1,4813,494
2020s#8344,630
Before 19014%
Greatest Generation 1901–2717.3%
Silent Generation 1928–4510%
Baby boom 1946–647.6%
Generation X 1965–804.9%
Millennials 1981–965.2%
Generation Z 1997–1210.8%
2013 and later40.2%

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 Aurelia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Aurelia has been most common in New Mexico (4.4×), Arizona (3.1×), and Colorado (2.2×), and least common in Kentucky (0.2×).

12,419 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.

Spelled almost the same

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

Also a last name

As a last name, Aurelia ranks #112,515 of 156,621, with 166 people. See Aurelia as a last name

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