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Aurel

#8,990 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Form of Aurelius

Aurel has been given to 236 babies in the U.S. since 1913. In 2025 it ranked #8,990 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1927, with 16 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 86% boys, 14% girls all-time.

Babies named Aurel, 2025

1 in 414,000

Aurel over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
0510152018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Aurel over time

In 2025, Aurel went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19132025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Aurel: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Aurelius

Spanish

What Aurel means

Aurel is a form of Aurelius.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Aurel → Aurelius. The family’s meaning is “golden, gilded”, recorded in the naming reference for Aurelius.

Origin, language, and formation

Aurel is used in Albanian, Indonesian and Slovak. Its origins include Spanish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Aurelius and Aurelia.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Slovak, Aurel is pronounced /ˈau̯rɛːɫ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 203 boys were recorded with the name Aurel between 1913 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 16 in 1927; its best national rank was #1,995 in 1917.

In the United States, 33 girls were recorded with the name Aurel between 1914 and 1927. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1914; its best national rank was #2,915 in 1914.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Aurel?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 414,000
8 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 213,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#8,990
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
287,238 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Aurel sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Aurel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Aurels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Aurel was born before 1924 — so the typical Aurel is around 101 today.

Median birth year
1924
About 101 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
43.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
12.8%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
26
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1920s — 43.8% of all recorded uses (89).

Is Aurel rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
50.0%
Peak was 1927 (16)
Years since peak
98
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
43.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,995
1917

Spellings of Aurel

Aurel is not the most common spelling — Angel is, with 40.3% against Aurel's 0.03%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Aurel around the world

Where Aurel ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2000–2023
    #4,108
    in 2023
  • France
    1907–2025
    #925
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2007–2024
    #2,550
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1952–1952
    #345
    in 1952

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Aurel by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#8,990
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#1,995
1917
Peak year
1927
16 that year
First recorded
1913
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
203
Count in 2025
8

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,915
1914
Peak year
1914
7 that year
First recorded
1914
Last recorded
1927
All-time count
33
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Aurel

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Aurel

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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