Auriel
#7,528 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Auriel has been given to 981 babies in the U.S. since 1979. In 2025 it ranked #7,528 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1991, with 57 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 89% girls, 11% boys all-time.
Babies named Auriel, 2025
1 in 237,000
Auriel over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Auriel over time
In 2025, Auriel went to 52% girls and 48% boys.
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.
How common is Auriel?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 237,000
- 14 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 115,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #7,528
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 164,137 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Auriel sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 164,137 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Auriel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Auriels were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Auriel was born before 1999 — so the typical Auriel is around 26 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1990s
- 32.5% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 47.5%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 870
- People you could plausibly meet
1990s — 32.5% of all recorded uses (283).
Is Auriel 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
- −862
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −1,179
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −2,222
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.56×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 24.6%
- Peak was 1991 (57)
- Years since peak
- 34
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 36.6% average annual change
Spellings of Auriel
Auriel is not the most common spelling — April is, with 36.2% against Auriel's 0.13%.
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.
Where Auriel is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Auriel was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,044,119 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Alabama1 in —
- 2California1 in —
- 3Georgia1 in —
- 4Illinois1 in —
- 5North Carolina1 in —
- 6Pennsylvania1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Auriel has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Auriel is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Auriel was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 2,210,576 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Auriel has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Auriel around the world
Where Auriel 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 & Wales1999–2014#5,691in 2014
- France2024–2024#6,124in 2024
- South Australia1944–1955#502in 1955
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Auriel by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Auriel
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Auriel
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.