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Aurora

Girl

Origin of the name

Aurora is the Latin word for “dawn” and the name of the Roman goddess of the dawn.

Rising name

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2025 was its best year: 7,065 births, or 1 baby in 469. The momentum is recent: births are up 76% over the last five years, compared with the decade before. In 2025, it ranked No. 15. 37% of all babies named Aurora since 1880 were born in the 2020s.
99,113births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 15rank at its peak, in 2025

Where babies named Aurora are born

2025

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The darker the blue, the more common Aurora is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Aurora is most common in Alaska (5.6 times), Nevada (3.3) and Arizona (2.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

Names from the same era

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