Meaning not yet researched.
Aura: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 333 in 2025. Its best rank was #511 in 1882.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #511 in 1882; #817 in 2025. About 98% of babies named Aura in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#817 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1882, at #511.
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Aura: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 333 girls in 2025. Peak: #511 in 1882 · most girls in one year: 333 (2025).
In 2025, 333 US girls were named Aura, making it the 817th most common girls’ name of the year, up 54 places from #871 in 2024. That is 23 more than the 310 girls named Aura in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #511, reached in 1882. The most girls given the name in a single year was 333, in 2025. For comparison, it was #2,061 in 2015 and #3,064 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Aura in 143 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 10 babies. In all, 5,028 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 1,611 babies named Aura.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,075 US girls were named Aura; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 333. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,827 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Aura ranked highest in Rhode Island in 2025, at #189 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Aurora (99,209 babies since 1880), Ara (4,866 babies since 1880), Auria (1,271 babies since 1880) and Ayra (2,274 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Arah, Aaira and Aayra are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Finnish and Italian. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Arah (592), Aaira (578), Aayra (301), Aara (238), Arra (159), Ayrah (153), Airah (137), Ayira (133), Aera (98), Arai (86), Ayara (63), Auraya (25), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Aura in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 33 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | 5 | #189 | — |
| Nevada | 7 | #380 | — |
| New York | 33 | #507 | #1,634 |
| Pennsylvania | 19 | #561 | — |
| Virginia | 13 | #577 | — |
| New Jersey | 13 | #581 | — |
| Florida | 30 | #583 | #1,370 |
| Georgia | 17 | #618 | — |
| California | 51 | #622 | #1,542 |
| Ohio | 15 | #645 | — |
| Maryland | 7 | #666 | — |
| Arizona | 9 | #690 | — |
| South Carolina | 5 | #789 | — |
| Indiana | 7 | #831 | — |
| Illinois | 9 | #939 | — |
| Michigan | 7 | #974 | — |
| North Carolina | 7 | #1,156 | — |
| Texas | 22 | #1,193 | #2,223 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 333 | #817 | 7 | #9,804 |
| 2024 | 310 | #871 | — | — |
| 2023 | 273 | #954 | — | — |
| 2022 | 247 | #1,034 | 5 | #12,542 |
| 2021 | 246 | #1,029 | — | — |
| 2020 | 190 | #1,207 | — | — |
| 2019 | 149 | #1,475 | — | — |
| 2018 | 121 | #1,712 | — | — |
| 2017 | 107 | #1,889 | — | — |
| 2016 | 99 | #1,999 | — | — |
| 2015 | 95 | #2,061 | — | — |
| 2014 | 87 | #2,180 | — | — |
| 2013 | 64 | #2,706 | — | — |
| 2012 | 64 | #2,739 | — | — |
| 2011 | 55 | #3,053 | — | — |
| 2010 | 54 | #3,081 | — | — |
| 2009 | 67 | #2,711 | — | — |
| 2008 | 40 | #3,948 | — | — |
| 2007 | 49 | #3,386 | — | — |
| 2006 | 69 | #2,607 | — | — |
| 2005 | 52 | #3,059 | — | — |
| 2004 | 34 | #4,103 | — | — |
| 2003 | 29 | #4,435 | — | — |
| 2002 | 51 | #2,895 | — | — |
| 2001 | 37 | #3,557 | — | — |
| 2000 | 49 | #2,908 | — | — |
| 1999 | 30 | #3,899 | — | — |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,247 | — | — |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,016 | — | — |
| 1996 | 37 | #3,154 | — | — |
| 1995 | 45 | #2,691 | — | — |
| 1994 | 30 | #3,623 | — | — |
| 1993 | 30 | #3,602 | — | — |
| 1992 | 52 | #2,463 | — | — |
| 1991 | 30 | #3,550 | — | — |
| 1990 | 39 | #2,904 | — | — |
| 1989 | 31 | #3,332 | — | — |
| 1988 | 42 | #2,543 | — | — |
| 1987 | 30 | #3,109 | — | — |
| 1986 | 35 | #2,732 | — | — |
| 1985 | 30 | #3,016 | — | — |
| 1984 | 39 | #2,428 | — | — |
| 1983 | 41 | #2,312 | — | — |
| 1982 | 36 | #2,586 | — | — |
| 1981 | 45 | #2,232 | — | — |
| 1980 | 42 | #2,310 | — | — |
| 1979 | 39 | #2,388 | — | — |
| 1978 | 25 | #3,105 | — | — |
| 1977 | 44 | #2,128 | — | — |
| 1976 | 33 | #2,443 | — | — |
| 1975 | 38 | #2,197 | — | — |
| 1974 | 34 | #2,296 | — | — |
| 1973 | 40 | #2,021 | — | — |
| 1972 | 37 | #2,098 | — | — |
| 1971 | 30 | #2,480 | — | — |
| 1970 | 23 | #2,941 | — | — |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,791 | — | — |
| 1968 | 17 | #3,182 | — | — |
| 1967 | 20 | #2,784 | — | — |
| 1966 | 14 | #3,413 | — | — |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,518 | — | — |
| 1964 | 17 | #3,116 | — | — |
| 1963 | 19 | #2,869 | — | — |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,334 | — | — |
| 1961 | 18 | #2,965 | — | — |
| 1960 | 13 | #3,525 | — | — |
| 1959 | 11 | #3,839 | — | — |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,764 | — | — |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,220 | — | — |
| 1956 | 13 | #3,340 | — | — |
| 1955 | 12 | #3,393 | — | — |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,737 | — | — |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,256 | — | — |
| 1952 | 11 | #3,385 | — | — |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,737 | — | — |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,064 | — | — |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,290 | — | — |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,907 | — | — |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,461 | — | — |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,240 | — | — |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,057 | — | — |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,088 | — | — |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,875 | — | — |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,765 | — | — |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,543 | — | — |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,404 | — | — |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,159 | — | — |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,459 | — | — |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,833 | — | — |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,123 | — | — |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,939 | — | — |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,299 | — | — |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,701 | — | — |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,657 | — | — |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,769 | — | — |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,702 | — | — |
| 1929 | 9 | #3,156 | — | — |
| 1928 | 16 | #2,197 | — | — |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,877 | — | — |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,577 | — | — |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,383 | — | — |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,526 | — | — |
| 1923 | 19 | #2,028 | — | — |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,621 | — | — |
| 1921 | 18 | #2,128 | — | — |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,958 | — | — |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,272 | — | — |
| 1918 | 22 | #1,757 | — | — |
| 1917 | 16 | #2,106 | — | — |
| 1916 | 15 | #2,141 | — | — |
| 1915 | 26 | #1,408 | — | — |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,745 | — | — |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,606 | — | — |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,386 | — | — |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,220 | — | — |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,429 | — | — |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,479 | — | — |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,882 | — | — |
| 1907 | 10 | #1,306 | — | — |
| 1906 | 9 | #1,332 | — | — |
| 1905 | 10 | #1,244 | — | — |
| 1904 | 11 | #1,095 | — | — |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,210 | — | — |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,615 | — | — |
| 1901 | 13 | #922 | — | — |
| 1900 | 10 | #1,234 | — | — |
| 1899 | 9 | #1,104 | — | — |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,383 | — | — |
| 1897 | 13 | #897 | — | — |
| 1896 | 8 | #1,218 | — | — |
| 1895 | 9 | #1,127 | — | — |
| 1894 | 13 | #856 | — | — |
| 1893 | 11 | #906 | — | — |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,290 | — | — |
| 1891 | 8 | #1,016 | — | — |
| 1890 | 9 | #946 | — | — |
| 1889 | 11 | #805 | — | — |
| 1888 | 16 | #641 | — | — |
| 1886 | 7 | #905 | — | — |
| 1884 | 13 | #587 | — | — |
| 1883 | 8 | #699 | — | — |
| 1882 | 13 | #511 | — | — |
| 1881 | 10 | #542 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).