Girl name#382 of girl names
Aurora
Pronounced ER0 AO1 R AH0 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 2024
- 145 years in use
How popular is Aurora?
Aurora is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 92,975 children — the 382nd most common girls' name on record.
It is climbing hard: about three times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2024, when 7,085 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- ER0 AO1 R AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 010
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Aurora
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Aurora
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Aurora?
- Aurora ranks 382nd among girls' names in US records, with 92,975 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 52,624.
- Is Aurora a unisex name?
- No. Aurora is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Aurora most popular?
- 2024, when 7,085 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.