In 2025, 1,056 US girls were named Aurelia, making it the 290th most common girls’ name of the year, up 44 places from #334 in 2024. That is 118 more than the 938 girls named Aurelia in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #290, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most girls given the name: 1,056. For comparison, it was #799 in 2015 and #913 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Aurelia in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 21 babies with the name. In all, 18,435 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 4,630 babies named Aurelia.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 6,407 US girls were named Aurelia; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 1,056. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,522 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Aurelia ranked highest in Alaska in 2025, at #62 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Aurelio (8,640 babies since 1880) and Areli (6,739 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Aurelie, Arelia and Arelie are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Aurilla, Ora, Orilla, Ree and Rilly.
Meaning
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