# Aura (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aura/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “breeze” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Ora |
| US babies named this | 5,028 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 12 / 5,016 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 605, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

The name of the deity is from Ancient Greek Αὔρα (Aúra), from αὔρα (aúra, “breeze”).

## What it means

Aura is grouped under wind.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 55 | 3,053 |
| 2012 | 64 | 2,739 |
| 2013 | 64 | 2,706 |
| 2014 | 87 | 2,180 |
| 2015 | 95 | 2,061 |
| 2016 | 99 | 1,999 |
| 2017 | 107 | 1,889 |
| 2018 | 121 | 1,712 |
| 2019 | 149 | 1,475 |
| 2020 | 190 | 1,207 |
| 2021 | 246 | 1,029 |
| 2022 | 247 | 1,034 |
| 2023 | 273 | 954 |
| 2024 | 310 | 871 |
| 2025 | 333 | 817 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 12,542 |
| 2025 | 7 | 9,804 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2012 | 16 | 1,809 |
| 2013 | 18 | 1,639 |
| 2014 | 18 | 1,628 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,705 |
| 2016 | 23 | 1,416 |
| 2017 | 24 | 1,371 |
| 2018 | 35 | 1,013 |
| 2019 | 38 | 936 |
| 2020 | 51 | 720 |
| 2021 | 65 | 594 |
| 2022 | 60 | 630 |
| 2023 | 66 | 583 |
| 2024 | 75 | 520 |
| 2025 | 60 | 642 |

## People named Aura

- Aura Dione, Danish singer-songwriter
- Aura Salla, Finnish politician
- Pokou, Ashanti Queen (1730-1760)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.