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Aurora

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Aurora: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning or origin yet — what that means.

Pronunciation

Community-contributed pronunciation recording

A Swedish pronunciation, as its file is labelled. Licence: CC0. Source

VerifiedSource: Wikidata.Confidence: medium.

Aurora: Recorded since 1953, with a gap of 14 years, its highest recorded position is #14, reached in 2025.

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

England and Wales · Girls rank from 1996 to 2025, ranging from #39 to #1176.200020052010201520202025#39#1176
How to read this chart#1#500no figure publishedUp means a stronger rankBottom is this name's lowest,not zero
  • A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
  • Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
  • A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.
View as table
England and Wales · Girls rank by year
YearRank
1996#1168
1997#1176
1998#1165
1999#928
2000#969
2001#936
2002#962
2003#771
2004#1043
2005#769
2006#796
2007#645
2008#639
2009#514
2010#549
2011#404
2012#345
2013#257
2014#200
2015#136
2016#105
2017#80
2018#69
2019#70
2020#64
2021#56
2022#49
2023#49
2024#43
2025#39

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 46 of the 73 years from 1953 to 2025.

In 2025: #14 among girls in Norway, #39 among girls in England and Wales, #42 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, #76 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 7 national registrars across 7 regions, 1953–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1953

    First recorded at #390 among girls in Norway in 1953 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1953–2025

    Highest recorded position: #14 among girls in Norway, in 2025 (recorded 1953–2025).

    Norway · Girls

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #39 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.

    England and Wales · Girls

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 7 regions, from 1953 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #14 in Norway in 2025.

Aurora's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
YearRegionCategoryRankBirths registeredConfidenceStatus
2025England and Walesfemale#391,030HighVerified
2024England and Walesfemale#431,002HighVerified
2023England and Walesfemale#49964HighVerified
2022England and Walesfemale#49972HighVerified
2021England and Walesfemale#56910HighVerified
2020England and Walesfemale#64781HighVerified
2019England and Walesfemale#70777HighVerified
2018England and Walesfemale#69752HighVerified
2017England and Walesfemale#80665HighVerified
2016England and Walesfemale#105552HighVerified
2015England and Walesfemale#136417HighVerified
2014England and Walesfemale#200268HighVerified
2013England and Walesfemale#257187HighVerified
2012England and Walesfemale#345140HighVerified
2011England and Walesfemale#404111HighVerified
2010England and Walesfemale#54973HighVerified
2009England and Walesfemale#51478HighVerified
2008England and Walesfemale#63958HighVerified
2007England and Walesfemale#64554HighVerified
2006England and Walesfemale#79638HighVerified
2005England and Walesfemale#76937HighVerified
2004England and Walesfemale#104323HighVerified
2003England and Walesfemale#77135HighVerified
2002England and Walesfemale#96223HighVerified
2001England and Walesfemale#93623HighVerified
2000England and Walesfemale#96922HighVerified
1999England and Walesfemale#92823HighVerified
1998England and Walesfemale#116517HighVerified
1997England and Walesfemale#117616HighVerified
1996England and Walesfemale#116816HighVerified
2025New South Wales, Australiafemale#42151InsufficientNot yet available
2024New South Wales, Australiafemale#37161InsufficientNot yet available
2023New South Wales, Australiafemale#50133InsufficientNot yet available
2022New South Wales, Australiafemale#29185InsufficientNot yet available
2021New South Wales, Australiafemale#37182InsufficientNot yet available
2020New South Wales, Australiafemale#46139InsufficientNot yet available
2019New South Wales, Australiafemale#52125InsufficientNot yet available
2018New South Wales, Australiafemale#45140InsufficientNot yet available
2017New South Wales, Australiafemale#47119InsufficientNot yet available
2016New South Wales, Australiafemale#8092InsufficientNot yet available
2015New South Wales, Australiafemale#8091InsufficientNot yet available
2014New South Wales, Australiafemale#10067InsufficientNot yet available
2023New Zealandfemale#4276HighVerified
2022New Zealandfemale#4680HighVerified
2021New Zealandfemale#4286HighVerified
2020New Zealandfemale#4477HighVerified
2019New Zealandfemale#6267HighVerified
2018New Zealandfemale#4974HighVerified
2017New Zealandfemale#6758HighVerified
2016New Zealandfemale#7755HighVerified
2015New Zealandfemale#9747HighVerified
2014New Zealandfemale#7846HighVerified
2013New Zealandfemale#9345HighVerified
2024Northern Irelandfemale#9322HighVerified
2023Northern Irelandfemale#9123HighVerified
2022Northern Irelandfemale#14714HighVerified
2021Northern Irelandfemale#15215HighVerified
2020Northern Irelandfemale#17810HighVerified
2019Northern Irelandfemale#16712HighVerified
2018Northern Irelandfemale#19510HighVerified
2017Northern Irelandfemale#15015HighVerified
2016Northern Irelandfemale#2517HighVerified
2015Northern Irelandfemale#3125HighVerified
2014Northern Irelandfemale#3654HighVerified
2013Northern Irelandfemale#4403HighVerified
2012Northern Irelandfemale#3834HighVerified
2025Norwayfemale#14238HighVerified
2024Norwayfemale#21194HighVerified
2023Norwayfemale#15241HighVerified
2022Norwayfemale#20208HighVerified
2021Norwayfemale#25176HighVerified
2020Norwayfemale#29174HighVerified
2019Norwayfemale#21198HighVerified
2018Norwayfemale#21198HighVerified
2017Norwayfemale#17226HighVerified
2016Norwayfemale#15237HighVerified
2015Norwayfemale#17241HighVerified
2014Norwayfemale#26203HighVerified
2013Norwayfemale#26196HighVerified
2012Norwayfemale#22223HighVerified
2011Norwayfemale#27196HighVerified
2010Norwayfemale#21236HighVerified
2009Norwayfemale#24222HighVerified
2008Norwayfemale#22237HighVerified
2007Norwayfemale#27212HighVerified
2006Norwayfemale#17270HighVerified
2005Norwayfemale#26208HighVerified
2004Norwayfemale#34187HighVerified
2003Norwayfemale#29189HighVerified
2002Norwayfemale#41165HighVerified
2001Norwayfemale#48142HighVerified
2000Norwayfemale#58118HighVerified
1999Norwayfemale#64112HighVerified
1998Norwayfemale#67103HighVerified
1997Norwayfemale#10081HighVerified
1996Norwayfemale#10675HighVerified
1995Norwayfemale#11271HighVerified
1994Norwayfemale#14449HighVerified
1993Norwayfemale#16039HighVerified
1992Norwayfemale#18535HighVerified
1991Norwayfemale#17438HighVerified
1990Norwayfemale#24023HighVerified
1989Norwayfemale#23324HighVerified
1988Norwayfemale#34813HighVerified
1987Norwayfemale#34613HighVerified
1986Norwayfemale#4977HighVerified
1985Norwayfemale#5087HighVerified
1984Norwayfemale#4917HighVerified
1983Norwayfemale#6284HighVerified
1982Norwayfemale#5695HighVerified
1967Norwayfemale#5384HighVerified
1953Norwayfemale#3905HighVerified
2025Republic of Irelandfemale#7665HighVerified
2024Republic of Irelandfemale#9848HighVerified
2023Republic of Irelandfemale#13036HighVerified
2022Republic of Irelandfemale#14038HighVerified
2021Republic of Irelandfemale#16529HighVerified
2020Republic of Irelandfemale#17826HighVerified
2019Republic of Irelandfemale#18028HighVerified
2018Republic of Irelandfemale#15534HighVerified
2017Republic of Irelandfemale#24120HighVerified
2016Republic of Irelandfemale#31614HighVerified
2015Republic of Irelandfemale#40211HighVerified
2014Republic of Irelandfemale#5367HighVerified
2013Republic of Irelandfemale#42410HighVerified
2012Republic of Irelandfemale#4749HighVerified
2011Republic of Irelandfemale#6955HighVerified
2010Republic of Irelandfemale#4759HighVerified
2009Republic of Irelandfemale#8933HighVerified
2008Republic of Irelandfemale#7504HighVerified
2024Scotlandfemale#5574HighVerified

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

Where Aurora is officially recorded

7 official registrars have recorded Aurora, between 1953 and 2025, in 46 of those 73 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

NorwayNorway: recorded in 1953Norway: recorded in 1967Norway: recorded in 1982Norway: recorded in 1983Norway: recorded in 1984Norway: recorded in 1985Norway: recorded in 1986Norway: recorded in 1987Norway: recorded in 1988Norway: recorded in 1989Norway: recorded in 1990Norway: recorded in 1991Norway: recorded in 1992Norway: recorded in 1993Norway: recorded in 1994Norway: recorded in 1995Norway: recorded in 1996Norway: recorded in 1997Norway: recorded in 1998Norway: recorded in 1999Norway: recorded in 2000Norway: recorded in 2001Norway: recorded in 2002Norway: recorded in 2003Norway: recorded in 2004Norway: recorded in 2005Norway: recorded in 2006Norway: recorded in 2007Norway: recorded in 2008Norway: recorded in 2009Norway: recorded in 2010Norway: recorded in 2011Norway: recorded in 2012Norway: recorded in 2013Norway: recorded in 2014Norway: recorded in 2015Norway: recorded in 2016Norway: recorded in 2017Norway: recorded in 2018Norway: recorded in 2019Norway: recorded in 2020Norway: recorded in 2021Norway: recorded in 2022Norway: recorded in 2023Norway: recorded in 2024Norway: recorded in 2025Norway: highest position in 2025England and WalesEngland and Wales: recorded in 1996England and Wales: recorded in 1997England and Wales: recorded in 1998England and Wales: recorded in 1999England and Wales: recorded in 2000England and Wales: recorded in 2001England and Wales: recorded in 2002England and Wales: recorded in 2003England and Wales: recorded in 2004England and Wales: recorded in 2005England and Wales: recorded in 2006England and Wales: recorded in 2007England and Wales: recorded in 2008England and Wales: recorded in 2009England and Wales: recorded in 2010England and Wales: recorded in 2011England and Wales: recorded in 2012England and Wales: recorded in 2013England and Wales: recorded in 2014England and Wales: recorded in 2015England and Wales: recorded in 2016England and Wales: recorded in 2017England and Wales: recorded in 2018England and Wales: recorded in 2019England and Wales: recorded in 2020England and Wales: recorded in 2021England and Wales: recorded in 2022England and Wales: recorded in 2023England and Wales: recorded in 2024England and Wales: recorded in 2025England and Wales: highest position in 2025Republic of IrelandRepublic of Ireland: recorded in 2008Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2009Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2010Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2011Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2012Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2013Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2014Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2015Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2016Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2017Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2018Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2019Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2020Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2021Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2022Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2023Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2024Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2025Republic of Ireland: highest position in 2025Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland: recorded in 2012Northern Ireland: recorded in 2013Northern Ireland: recorded in 2014Northern Ireland: recorded in 2015Northern Ireland: recorded in 2016Northern Ireland: recorded in 2017Northern Ireland: recorded in 2018Northern Ireland: recorded in 2019Northern Ireland: recorded in 2020Northern Ireland: recorded in 2021Northern Ireland: recorded in 2022Northern Ireland: recorded in 2023Northern Ireland: recorded in 2024Northern Ireland: highest position in 2023New ZealandNew Zealand: recorded in 2013New Zealand: recorded in 2014New Zealand: recorded in 2015New Zealand: recorded in 2016New Zealand: recorded in 2017New Zealand: recorded in 2018New Zealand: recorded in 2019New Zealand: recorded in 2020New Zealand: recorded in 2021New Zealand: recorded in 2022New Zealand: recorded in 2023New Zealand: highest position in 2021New South Wales, Austra…New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 2014New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 2015New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 2016New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 2017New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 2018New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 2019New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 2020New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 2021New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 2022New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 2023New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 2024New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 2025New South Wales, Australia: highest position in 2022ScotlandScotland: recorded in 2024Scotland: highest position in 202419532025
Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.
RegistrarRecordedYearsIts own highest position
Norway1953–202546#14 in 2025
England and Wales1996–202530#39 in 2025
Republic of Ireland2008–202518#76 in 2025
Northern Ireland2012–202413#91 in 2023
New Zealand2013–202311#42 in 2021
New South Wales, Australia2014–202512#29 in 2022
Scotland20241#55 in 2024

No registrar recorded it for 14 years after 1967; it appears again in 1982.

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What is known about Aurora

How to read this
How often it is registered
Official record
7 official registrars, 1953–2025.
Meaning
Not established
Not researched yet.
Origin
Not established
Not researched yet.
Pronunciation
Reported
A recorded pronunciation is available.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 7 regions, from 1953 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #14 in Norway in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.