# Aurelia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aurelia/  
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 | “golden” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Aura, Ora |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 18,435 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 18,435 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,912, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Aurēlia, the feminine form of the Roman gens name Aurēlius, from aureus (“golden”).

## What it means

Aurelia is grouped under gold.

## 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 | 242 | 1,031 |
| 2012 | 253 | 1,000 |
| 2013 | 320 | 832 |
| 2014 | 334 | 830 |
| 2015 | 353 | 799 |
| 2016 | 433 | 675 |
| 2017 | 435 | 674 |
| 2018 | 456 | 652 |
| 2019 | 453 | 642 |
| 2020 | 568 | 531 |
| 2021 | 595 | 518 |
| 2022 | 644 | 489 |
| 2023 | 829 | 370 |
| 2024 | 938 | 334 |
| 2025 | 1,056 | 290 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 106 | 414 |
| 2012 | 124 | 379 |
| 2013 | 142 | 327 |
| 2014 | 158 | 298 |
| 2015 | 153 | 312 |
| 2016 | 179 | 278 |
| 2017 | 204 | 247 |
| 2018 | 241 | 212 |
| 2019 | 243 | 202 |
| 2020 | 244 | 203 |
| 2021 | 250 | 204 |
| 2022 | 303 | 167 |
| 2023 | 392 | 127 |
| 2024 | 413 | 119 |
| 2025 | 390 | 125 |

## In other languages

- Estonian: Aurelia
- French: Aurélie
- Hungarian: Aranka, Aurélia
- Italian: Aurelia
- Polish: Aurelia
- Portuguese: Aurélia
- Spanish: Aurelia

## People named Aurelia

- Chiara Aurelia, American actress
- Aurelia Henry Reinhardt, American educator and social activist (1877-1948)
- Aurélia Beigneux, French politician
- Aurélia Petit, French actress
- Rita Montaner, Cuban classically trained singer, pianist and actress (1900–1958)

## 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.