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Is Aura a boy or girl name?

Aura is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 309 girls and 0 boys were named Aura, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 99.9% of the 4,684 US babies named Aura were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
Not ranked
Girl rank, 2024
#872
Babies named Aura since 1881
4,684
Most popular year
2024
309 babies
Babies named Aura each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Aura from 1881 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.01002003004001900192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Aura, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1880s078100%
1890s093100%
1900s093100%
1910s0147100%
1920s0142100%
1930s098100%
1940s080100%
1950s0106100%
1960s0148100%
1970s0343100%
1980s0371100%
1990s0346100%
2000s0477100%
2010s0895100%
2020s51,26299.6%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
20240–309#872
20230–273#954
20225#12,537246#1,038
20210–245#1,034
20200–189#1,210
20190–149#1,475
20180–121#1,710
20170–107#1,889
20160–99#1,999
20150–95#2,061
20140–87#2,178
20130–64#2,706
20120–64#2,739
20110–55#3,053
20100–54#3,081
20090–67#2,711
20080–40#3,948
20070–49#3,386
20060–69#2,607
20050–52#3,059
20040–34#4,103
20030–29#4,435
20020–51#2,895
20010–37#3,557
20000–49#2,908
19990–30#3,899
19980–26#4,247
19970–27#4,016
19960–37#3,154
19950–45#2,691
19940–30#3,623
19930–30#3,602
19920–52#2,463
19910–30#3,550
19900–39#2,904
19890–31#3,332
19880–42#2,543
19870–30#3,109
19860–35#2,732
19850–30#3,015
19840–39#2,427
19830–41#2,312
19820–36#2,586
19810–45#2,232
19800–42#2,310
19790–39#2,388
19780–25#3,105
19770–44#2,128
19760–33#2,442
19750–38#2,197
19740–34#2,296
19730–40#2,021
19720–37#2,099
19710–30#2,481
19700–23#2,941
19690–14#3,790
19680–17#3,182
19670–20#2,783
19660–14#3,413
19650–9#4,518
19640–17#3,116
19630–19#2,869
19620–7#5,334
19610–18#2,965
19600–13#3,525
19590–11#3,838
19580–11#3,764
19570–9#4,219
19560–13#3,341
19550–12#3,393
19540–10#3,736
19530–8#4,257
19520–11#3,385
19510–9#3,737
19500–12#3,064
19490–5#5,290
19480–8#3,907
19470–10#3,461
19460–10#3,240
19450–6#4,057
19440–6#4,088
19430–11#2,875
19420–7#3,765
19410–12#2,544
19400–5#4,404
19390–8#3,160
19380–12#2,459
19370–6#3,833
19360–8#3,123
19350–9#2,939
19340–13#2,299
19330–10#2,701
19320–11#2,657
19310–10#2,768
19300–11#2,702
19290–9#3,156
19280–16#2,197
19270–11#2,877
19260–13#2,577
19250–9#3,383
19240–14#2,526
19230–19#2,028
19220–13#2,621
19210–18#2,128
19200–20#1,958
19190–15#2,272
19180–22#1,757
19170–16#2,106
19160–15#2,141
19150–26#1,408
19140–15#1,745
19130–14#1,606
19120–7#2,386
19110–6#2,220
19100–11#1,429
19090–9#1,479
19080–6#1,882
19070–10#1,306
19060–9#1,332
19050–10#1,244
19040–11#1,095
19030–9#1,210
19020–6#1,615
19010–13#922
19000–10#1,234
18990–9#1,104
18980–7#1,383
18970–13#897
18960–8#1,218
18950–9#1,127
18940–13#856
18930–11#906
18920–6#1,290
18910–8#1,016
18900–9#946
18890–11#805
18880–16#641
18870–0–
18860–7#905
18850–0–
18840–13#587
18830–8#699
18820–13#511
18810–10#542

Highest rank

As a boy name, Aura reached #12,537 in 2022. As a girl name, it reached #511 in 1882. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 2020s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.