girl's name

Aurea

  • Origin Italian
  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 1,743

Aurea is a girl's name with 3 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 23 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Aurea is a name of Italian origin.
  • Peaked in 2015, when 30 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 144,155 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1918.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Aurea over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Aurea by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 13
1920s 53
1930s 10
1940s 37
1950s 111
1960s 160
1970s 151
1980s 127
1990s 129
2000s 125
2010s 204
2020s (to 2025) 135

How popular is Aurea?

In 2025, Aurea was given to 23 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Aurea is used

Canada #2,961 7 in 2023
France as Auréa #4,533 10 in 2025
United States #5,539 23 in 2025
England & Wales #5,855 4 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Aurea is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Auréa Auréa is a rare spelling of Aurea, written with an acute accent and recorded about 90 times, mostly in France. 90

Names that peaked alongside Aurea

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Aurea also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Aurea over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Aurea

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Aurea — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Aurea

How popular is the name Aurea?

In 2025, Aurea was given to 23 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Aurea a girl's or a boy's name?

Aurea is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Aurea?

Aurea has 3 syllables.

When was Aurea most popular?

Aurea peaked in 2015, when 30 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Aurea a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Aurea currently ranks #4,533 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.