Latin aurora, "dawn" — dawn. The Roman goddess of the dawn, and the sleeping princess of Tchaikovsky's ballet.
Aurora ranks 15th among American girls in 2025, with 7,070 born that year. Its best year was 2025, when 7,070 babies were given the name, ranking 15th. The typical living American called Aurora is about 8 years old today. It is relatively most common in Wyoming, where it accounts for 1.05% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.