Ourania

#16,656 in 2025Girls' name

Heavenly

Ourania has been given to 122 babies in the U.S. since 1963. In 2025 it ranked #16,656 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1976, with 12 recorded.

Babies named Ourania, 2025

1 in 663,000

Ourania over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ourania: meaning, origin, and history

Heavenly

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ourania means

Ourania means “heavenly”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Ourania is used in Greek Mythology and Greek.

Another recorded pronunciation is /oː.ra.ní.aː/ and /u.ɾa.ˈni.a/ for Ourania.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 122 girls were recorded with the name Ourania between 1963 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 12 in 1976; its best national rank was #5,103 in 1976.

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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Ourania?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 663,000; 5 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 321,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #16,656; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 459,581 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ourania sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ourania. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ouranias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ourania was born before 1977 — so the typical Ourania is around 48 today.

Median birth year: 1977; About 48 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 43.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 23.0%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 122; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 43.4% of all recorded uses (53).

Is Ourania 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 41.7%; Peak was 1976 (12)
Years since peak: 49; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 38.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,103; 1976

Spellings of Ourania

Ourania is not the most common spelling — Oralia is, with 63.9% against Ourania's 1.4%.

Oralia63.9%5,758
Rania34.8%3,135
Ourania1.4%122

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.

Ourania around the world

Where Ourania 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.

South Australia
1954–2007
#803
in 2007

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Ourania by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #16,656
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #5,103; 1976
Peak year: 1976; 12 that year
First recorded: 1963
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 122
Count in 2025: 5

Names similar to Ourania

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

Bitania Ivannia Yasenia Davinia Xilenia Malenia Malania Azania Betania Alenia Elania Arsenia Ardenia Jecenia Wynonia Arcenia Zennia Elvenia Athenia Vannia Tawania Cythnia Shannia Breonia

Sibling names for Ourania

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

For a sister

Karie Kesha Kerrie Mandi Latrice Karrie Matthew Tressa

For a brother

Jerod Torrey Shon Scot Edwardo Tracey Andrea Stacey

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