Aureliano
A masculine name of Latin origin meaning "golden-haired".
Name Census estimates that about 549 living Americans carry the first name Aureliano. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Aureliano today is around 33 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Aureliano births was 2024 (17 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Aureliano. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Aureliano with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
549
~ 1 in 624,325 Americans
Peak year
2024
17 babies that year
Average age
33
years old
2024 SSA rank
#5,446
Tracked since 1920
Census
Aureliano in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 1,917 people with the first name Aureliano, which placed it at #7,788 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#7,788
National first-name rank
People counted
1.9K
1,917 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.6
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
97.1% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Aureliano
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Aureliano is Hispanic at 97.1%. The next largest groups are White (1.8%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (0.6%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Aureliano described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Aureliano at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino97.1% · 1,862
- White1.8% · 35
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.6% · 12
- Black or African American0.2% · 4
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.1% · 2
- Two or more races0.1% · 2
Popularity
Aureliano: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Aureliano from the 1920s through to the 2020s, spanning 11 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1980s, with 95 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 1980s peak, Aureliano remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Aureliano by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Aureliano during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Aurelianos live
Origin
Meaning and history of Aureliano
The name Aureliano has its origins in Latin and ancient Rome. It is derived from the Latin name Aurelius, which itself comes from the word "aureus" meaning "golden" or "gilded". The name Aurelius was a Roman family name used during the Roman Empire.
The most famous historical figure with this name was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, who ruled from 161 to 180 AD. He was a Stoic philosopher and his writings, known as the "Meditations", are still widely read today. Marcus Aurelius was the last of the "Five Good Emperors" and his reign marked the end of the Pax Romana, a period of peace and stability in the Roman Empire.
Another notable Aureliano from ancient history was Lucius Aurelius Cotta, a Roman consul and military commander who lived in the 1st century BC. He fought against the forces of Mithridates VI of Pontus and was eventually captured and executed.
In the Middle Ages, the name Aureliano appears to have fallen out of use, but it resurfaced during the Renaissance period in Italy. One of the earliest recorded examples is Aureliano Brandolini, an Italian humanist and poet who lived from 1454 to 1497. He was a professor of rhetoric and poetry at the University of Bologna.
In the 19th century, the name Aureliano was popularized by the Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez in his novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude". The central character, Aureliano Buendía, is one of the most famous literary figures with this name. García Márquez was born in 1927 and died in 2014.
Another notable Aureliano from more recent history is Aureliano Chaves, a Mexican composer and pianist who lived from 1892 to 1979. He was a pioneer of modern Mexican music and his works blended traditional Mexican folk melodies with contemporary classical styles.
People
Aureliano + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Aureliano as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with A
Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Aureliano: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Aureliano?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 549 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Aureliano going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 624,325 US residents.
Is Aureliano a common name?
We classify Aureliano as "Very Rare". It ranks above 85.4% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 670 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Aureliano most popular?
The single biggest year for Aureliano was 2024, when 17 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Aureliano is about 33 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Aureliano in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 1,917 people with the name Aureliano, or 0.63 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #7,788 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Aureliano in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Aureliano?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Aureliano appears almost entirely male. Of the 1,919 people counted with this name, 99.5% were male and only a very small share were female. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Aureliano?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Aureliano is Hispanic at 97.1%. The next largest groups are White (1.8%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (0.6%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Aureliano most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Aureliano in the 2020 Census, accounting for 97.1% (1,862 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Aureliano in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Aureliano a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Aureliano in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Aureliano still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Aureliano in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Aureliano can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people are named Aureliano?
HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, answers that with the living-bearer count in one glance.