Aurielle
A feminine name of Latin origin meaning "golden one".
Name Census estimates that about 1,026 living Americans carry the first name Aurielle. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Aurielle today is around 17 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Aurielle births was 2019 (54 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Aurielle. 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 Aurielle with official rankings and popularity over time.
Key insights
- • Aurielle is a relatively new arrival in the SSA data. The average bearer is just 17 years old, meaning it gained most of its traction in the last two decades.
People living today
1.0K
~ 1 in 334,069 Americans
Peak year
2019
54 babies that year
Average age
17
years old
2024 SSA rank
#3,334
Tracked since 1982
Census
Aurielle in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 648 people with the first name Aurielle, which placed it at #17,157 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
#17,157
National first-name rank
People counted
648
648 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.2
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Black or African American
52.6% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Aurielle
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Aurielle is Black at 52.6%. The next largest groups are White (24.5%) and Hispanic (11.9%). 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 Aurielle 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 Aurielle at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Black or African American52.6% · 341
- White24.5% · 159
- Hispanic or Latino11.9% · 77
- Two or more races8.5% · 55
- Asian and Pacific Islander2.0% · 13
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.5% · 3
Popularity
Aurielle: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Aurielle from the 1980s through to the 2020s, spanning 5 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 403 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Aurielle remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Aurielle 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 Aurielle during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Aurielles live
The SSA's state-level files cover 7 states and territories. Texas, California, Florida recorded the most babies named Aurielle, while South Carolina, Illinois, Virginia recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 24 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Aurielle
The name Aurielle originates from the Latin word "aurum," which means gold. It is a feminine form of the French name "Aurele," which itself is derived from the Latin name "Aurelius." The name first emerged in medieval France, where it was likely used to describe someone with golden hair or a radiant, sun-like complexion.
One of the earliest recorded uses of the name Aurielle can be found in a 12th-century French manuscript, where it was mentioned as the name of a noblewoman. In the 13th century, the name appears in a collection of poems by the Provençal troubadour, Arnaut Daniel, who dedicated a love poem to a woman named Aurielle.
During the Renaissance period, the name Aurielle gained popularity among the aristocracy and upper classes in France and Italy. One notable bearer of the name was Aurielle de Lusignan (1430-1503), a French noblewoman who was the Countess of Angoulême and the grandmother of King Francis I of France.
In the 17th century, the French composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier wrote an opera titled "Aurielle," which premiered in Paris in 1686. The opera's title character, Aurielle, was a nymph who fell in love with a mortal man.
Another notable Aurielle in history was Aurielle Villeroy (1805-1889), a French writer and feminist who campaigned for women's rights and education. She was a member of the Société pour l'Instruction Élémentaire and published several books on the importance of education for girls and women.
In the 20th century, the name Aurielle was borne by Aurielle Rivoire (1922-2018), a French actress and singer who appeared in numerous films and stage productions throughout her career. She was also known for her work as a voice actress, lending her voice to several animated films and television shows.
Other historical figures named Aurielle include Aurielle Mercier (1898-1983), a French painter and sculptor who was a member of the Cubist movement, and Aurielle Gantillon (1892-1972), a French journalist and women's rights activist who co-founded the magazine "La Française" in the 1930s.
People
Aurielle + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Aurielle 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
Aurielle: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Aurielle?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 1,026 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Aurielle 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 334,069 US residents.
Is Aurielle a common name?
We classify Aurielle as "Rare". It ranks above 90.3% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 1,044 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Aurielle most popular?
The single biggest year for Aurielle was 2019, when 54 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Aurielle is about 17 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Aurielle in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 648 people with the name Aurielle, or 0.21 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #17,157 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 Aurielle 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 Aurielle?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Aurielle appears almost entirely female. Of the 650 people counted with this name, 99.2% 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 Aurielle?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Aurielle is Black at 52.6%. The next largest groups are White (24.5%) and Hispanic (11.9%). 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 Aurielle most often in the Census?
Black is the largest reported group for people named Aurielle in the 2020 Census, accounting for 52.6% (341 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 Aurielle in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Aurielle a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Aurielle 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 Aurielle still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Aurielle 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 Aurielle 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 called Aurielle?
See how many people share the name Aurielle on HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site built around that single question.