Aruna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-ROO-na
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #3,100 for girls
Aruna is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “dawn, reddish glow”. In 2025 it ranked 3,100th for girls in the US (52 babies).
What does Aruna mean?
Sanskrit: from aruna
“dawn, reddish glow”
In Hindu myth Aruna is the charioteer of the sun god Surya, personifying the dawn.
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Is Aruna a girl's or a boy's name?
Aruna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 52 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aruna in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 6 girls.
Aruna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
How popular is Aruna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,100among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 52about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 52 girls in the US were named Aruna, making it the 3,100th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,914th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 88 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the girls named Aruna in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aruna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52 | #3,100 |
| 2024 | 60 | #2,798 |
| 2023 | 46 | #3,428 |
| 2022 | 54 | #3,033 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,800 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,914 |
| 2019 | 61 | #2,752 |
| 2018 | 88 | #2,145 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
Names like Aruna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anvika Arya Akshara Aadhya Prisha Avira Divisha Aarya Aaradhya Anaya Arisha Advika
Names related to Aruna
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Avyaan Ishaan Siya Leena Shivansh
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aruna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aruna, updated 20 October 2026.