Aurora
Aurora is a feminine given name, originating from the name of the ancient Roman goddess of dawn, Aurora. Her tears were said to turn into the morning dew. Each morning she traveled in her chariot across the sky from east to west, proclaiming renewal with the rising of the sun. The Romans also associated the Northern Lights, or the Aurora borealis, with the goddess.
Meaning & Origin of Aurora
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Aurora is a feminine given name, originating from the name of the ancient Roman goddess of dawn, Aurora. Her tears were said to turn into the morning dew. Each morning she traveled in her chariot across the sky from east to west, proclaiming renewal with the rising of the sun. The Romans also associated the Northern Lights, or the Aurora borealis, with the goddess.
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The Story of Aurora
Aurora first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1880, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2026, when 7,096 Auroras were born — ranking #16 that year. As of 2026, Aurora ranks #16 for baby girls with 7,096 births, rising sharply (+31% over the past five years). In total, more than 106K Auroras have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Aurora
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Aurora Aksnes (born 1996), Norwegian singer-songwriter
- Aurora Arias (born 1962), Dominican writer, journalist and astrologer
- Aurora Bautista (1925–2012), a Spanish film actress
- Aurora Browne , Canadian actress and comedian
- Aurora Cáceres (1877–1958), a Peruvian-European writer of the "modernismo" literary movement
- Aurora Carlson (born 1987), a television presenter and China scholar
- Aurora Castillo (1914–1998), a Mexican-American who co-founded the Mothers of East Los Angeles (MELA) organization
- Aurora Chamorro (1954–2020), Catalan swimmer
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Names that sound like Aurora
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About the name Aurora
Aurora is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 106K births in the dataset. Aurora's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #16. Use the chart and map above to compare Aurora's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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