Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Aura

Gender

Female

Origin

Latin
Breeze; breath

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Aura

Pronunciation

a(u)-ra

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #9714, 7 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #817, 333 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
20257333
2024–309
2023–273
20225246
2021–245
2020–189
2019–149
2018–121
2017–107
2016–99

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2024 (rank #520, 75 births); most recent 2025 (rank #642, 60 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202560
202475
202366
202260
202165
202051
201938
201835
201724
201623

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #1941, 15 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
202315
202210
20214
20206
20199
201814
20176
20165
20155
20148

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #706, 4 births); most recent 2025 (rank #850, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
20253
20243
20234
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2021 (rank #442, 7 births); most recent 2024 (rank #541, 5 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
20245
20235
20224
20217
20205
2019–
20184
20173
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2024 (rank #288, 5 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
20245
2023–
2022–
20214
20203
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #545, 6 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
20226
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
20175
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence