first name
AURORA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 66,923 people named Aurora, 46.6% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 39.4% as White and 5.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Aurora peaked in 2025, when 7,070 babies got the name.
At least 99,209 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.
Aurora by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #74. The largest share of babies named Aurora, 64.4%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Aurora is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Aurora has been most common in Alaska (5.6×), Nevada (3.3×), and Arizona (2.5×), and least common in Mississippi (0.27×).
95,023 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 Aurora
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Aurora, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Aurora ranks #41,199 of 156,621, with 570 people. See Aurora as a last name
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