Aura
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- OR-a
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #676 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #817 for girls
Aura is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “breeze, breath of air”. In 2025 it ranked 676th for girls in the UK (60 babies) and 817th for girls in the US (333 babies).
What does Aura mean?
Greek: Greek, via Latin
“breeze, breath of air”
In Greek myth Aura was a minor goddess of the breeze.
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Is Aura a girl's or a boy's name?
Aura is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 60 girls in the UK and 333 girls and 7 boys in the US.
How popular is Aura in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #676among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 60about 1 in 4,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 60 girls in the UK were named Aura, making it the 676th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 679th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 85 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Aura than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Aura in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 642nd in England and Wales.
Aura in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60 | #676 |
| 2024 | 85 | #517 |
| 2023 | 71 | #587 |
| 2022 | 64 | #647 |
| 2021 | 76 | #574 |
| 2020 | 59 | #679 |
| 2019 | 39 | #981 |
| 2018 | 39 | #995 |
| 2017 | 27 | #1,326 |
| 2016 | 24 | #1,452 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 19 | #1,656 |
| 2013 | 18 | #1,727 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,914 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
How popular is Aura in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #817among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 333about 1 in 4,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 99% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 333 girls in the US were named Aura, making it the 817th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,206th. It first appears in the records in 1881. 7 boys were also named Aura in 2025 (9,710th for boys).
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 12 years. 2025 had the most girls named Aura of any year since it first appeared, in 1881.
Half of all the girls named Aura in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aura in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 333 | #817 |
| 2024 | 310 | #871 |
| 2023 | 273 | #954 |
| 2022 | 247 | #1,034 |
| 2021 | 246 | #1,029 |
| 2020 | 190 | #1,206 |
| 2019 | 149 | #1,474 |
| 2018 | 121 | #1,710 |
| 2017 | 107 | #1,889 |
| 2016 | 99 | #1,996 |
| 2015 | 95 | #2,060 |
| 2014 | 87 | #2,176 |
| 2013 | 64 | #2,705 |
| 2012 | 64 | #2,734 |
| 2011 | 55 | #3,050 |
| 2010 | 54 | #3,074 |
| 2009 | 67 | #2,704 |
| 2008 | 40 | #3,935 |
| 2007 | 49 | #3,376 |
| 2006 | 69 | #2,602 |
| 2005 | 52 | #3,048 |
| 2004 | 34 | #4,089 |
| 2003 | 29 | #4,413 |
| 2002 | 51 | #2,884 |
| 2001 | 37 | #3,545 |
| 2000 | 49 | #2,899 |
| 1999 | 30 | #3,891 |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,235 |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,004 |
| 1996 | 37 | #3,144 |
| 1995 | 45 | #2,682 |
| 1994 | 30 | #3,610 |
| 1993 | 30 | #3,580 |
| 1992 | 52 | #2,454 |
| 1991 | 30 | #3,534 |
| 1990 | 39 | #2,895 |
| 1989 | 31 | #3,324 |
| 1988 | 42 | #2,534 |
| 1987 | 30 | #3,098 |
| 1986 | 35 | #2,723 |
| 1985 | 30 | #3,007 |
| 1984 | 39 | #2,420 |
| 1983 | 41 | #2,309 |
| 1982 | 36 | #2,581 |
| 1981 | 45 | #2,231 |
| 1980 | 42 | #2,308 |
| 1979 | 39 | #2,387 |
| 1978 | 25 | #3,098 |
| 1977 | 44 | #2,124 |
| 1976 | 33 | #2,439 |
| 1975 | 38 | #2,196 |
| 1974 | 34 | #2,290 |
| 1973 | 40 | #2,019 |
| 1972 | 37 | #2,093 |
| 1971 | 30 | #2,477 |
| 1970 | 23 | #2,938 |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,773 |
| 1968 | 17 | #3,168 |
| 1967 | 20 | #2,781 |
| 1966 | 14 | #3,399 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,493 |
| 1964 | 17 | #3,107 |
| 1963 | 19 | #2,863 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1960 | 13 | #3,511 |
| 1959 | 11 | #3,826 |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,746 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 13 | #3,320 |
| 1955 | 12 | #3,376 |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,717 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,225 |
| 1952 | 11 | #3,371 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,713 |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,051 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,881 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,446 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,216 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,860 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,736 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,531 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,143 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,447 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,798 |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,924 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,288 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,687 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,642 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,748 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,689 |
| 1929 | 9 | #3,135 |
| 1928 | 16 | #2,193 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,858 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,568 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,361 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,513 |
| 1923 | 19 | #2,021 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,611 |
| 1921 | 18 | #2,120 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,952 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,264 |
| 1918 | 22 | #1,754 |
| 1917 | 16 | #2,099 |
| 1916 | 15 | #2,133 |
| 1915 | 26 | #1,405 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,740 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,601 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,359 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,191 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,421 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,471 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,862 |
| 1907 | 10 | #1,289 |
| 1906 | 9 | #1,321 |
| 1905 | 10 | #1,237 |
| 1904 | 11 | #1,092 |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,204 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,593 |
| 1901 | 13 | #918 |
| 1900 | 10 | #1,230 |
| 1899 | 9 | #1,098 |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,379 |
| 1897 | 13 | #895 |
| 1896 | 8 | #1,213 |
| 1895 | 9 | #1,123 |
| 1894 | 13 | #850 |
| 1893 | 11 | #901 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,278 |
| 1891 | 8 | #1,006 |
| 1890 | 9 | #940 |
| 1889 | 11 | #802 |
| 1888 | 16 | #636 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 7 | #897 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 13 | #583 |
| 1883 | 8 | #692 |
| 1882 | 13 | #507 |
| 1881 | 10 | #539 |
Names like Aura
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Aura: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aura, updated 20 October 2026.