Aureliano
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ow-reh-LYAH-noh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #3,657 for boys
Aureliano is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “golden”. In 2025 it ranked 3,657th for boys in the US (30 babies).
What does Aureliano mean?
Latin: Spanish and Italian form of Aurelianus, from Aurelius
“golden”
Colonel Aureliano Buendía is a central figure in Gabriel García Márquez's novel One Hundred Years of Solitude.
Is Aureliano a girl's or a boy's name?
Aureliano is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aureliano in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,657among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 30about 1 in 57,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 88% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 30 boys in the US were named Aureliano, making it the 3,657th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. It first appears in the records in 1920.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Aureliano of any year since it first appeared, in 1920.
Half of all the boys named Aureliano in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aureliano in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #3,657 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,786 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 15 | #2,635 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 7 | #2,918 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,241 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 10 | #2,404 |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,628 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 14 | #1,905 |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
Names like Aureliano
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emiliano Valentino Maximiliano Santino Alessandro Lorenzo Camilo Alejandro Austin Alexander Emilio Maximo
Names related to Aureliano
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Aureliano: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aureliano, updated 20 October 2026.