Aurelie
A feminine French name derived from the Latin "aureus" meaning "golden".
Name Census estimates that about 479 living Americans carry the first name Aurelie. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Aurelie today is around 19 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Aurelie births was 2024 (31 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Aurelie. 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 Aurelie with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
479
~ 1 in 715,562 Americans
Peak year
2024
31 babies that year
Average age
19
years old
2024 SSA rank
#4,473
Tracked since 1914
Census
Aurelie in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 890 people with the first name Aurelie, which placed it at #13,530 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
#13,530
National first-name rank
People counted
890
890 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.3
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
67.9% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Aurelie
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Aurelie is White at 67.9%. The next largest groups are Black (18.2%) and Hispanic (6.7%). 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 Aurelie 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 Aurelie at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White67.9% · 604
- Black or African American18.2% · 162
- Hispanic or Latino6.7% · 60
- Two or more races4.9% · 44
- Asian and Pacific Islander2.2% · 20
Popularity
Aurelie: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Aurelie from the 1910s through to the 2020s, spanning 12 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 169 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Aurelie remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Aurelie 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 Aurelie during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Aurelies live
Origin
Meaning and history of Aurelie
The name Aurelie has its origins in Latin and French culture, originating in the late Roman period. It is derived from the Latin name Aurelia, which itself comes from the Latin word "aureus" meaning "golden" or "gilded." The name was popular among Roman aristocratic families and may have initially been a reference to someone with golden blonde hair.
Aurelie is the French feminine form of the name Aurelien. In medieval France, it began to gain popularity as a given name for girls, especially among the noble class. Some early examples of women named Aurelie can be found in historical records from the 12th century onward.
One of the earliest recorded uses of the name is Aurelie de Murel, a 12th century noblewoman from the Auvergne region of France. Another early bearer of the name was Aurelie de Vere, a 13th century English noblewoman of Norman ancestry.
In the 16th century, Aurelie de Savoie (1517-1563) was a French princess and the daughter of Duke Charles III of Savoy. She married Philibert II, Duke of Savoy, and helped govern the duchy during her husband's lifetime.
The name gained further popularity in the 17th century French literary world. Aurelie was a central character in the pastoral novel "L'Astrée" by Honoré d'Urfé, published in the early 1600s. This helped solidify the name's association with ideas of feminine beauty and grace.
Another notable bearer was Aurelie de Bourzolles (1623-1671), a French noblewoman and courtier at the court of King Louis XIV. She was known for her intelligence and wit, as well as her skills in the arts of dance and conversation.
During the 19th century Romantic period, the name saw a revival in popularity. The French novelist and playwright Stendhal used Aurelie as the name of a character in his novel "Le Rouge et le Noir" published in 1830. This fictional Aurelie embodied virtue and saintly qualities according to the novel.
People
Aurelie + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Aurelie 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
Aurelie: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Aurelie?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 479 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Aurelie 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 715,562 US residents.
Is Aurelie a common name?
We classify Aurelie as "Very Rare". It ranks above 84.2% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 569 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Aurelie most popular?
The single biggest year for Aurelie was 2024, when 31 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Aurelie is about 19 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Aurelie in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 890 people with the name Aurelie, or 0.29 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #13,530 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 Aurelie 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 Aurelie?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Aurelie appears almost entirely female. Of the 898 people counted with this name, 99.6% were female and only a very small share were male. 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 Aurelie?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Aurelie is White at 67.9%. The next largest groups are Black (18.2%) and Hispanic (6.7%). 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 Aurelie most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Aurelie in the 2020 Census, accounting for 67.9% (604 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 Aurelie in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Aurelie a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Aurelie in the SSA data are female. 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 Aurelie still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Aurelie 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 Aurelie 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 Americans are named Aurelie?
Want to know how many people have the name Aurelie? HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, puts the living-bearer count front and centre.