Rising since 1999, #5,554 for girls today.
Popularity of Arora since 1995
Babies named Arora per year in U.S. Social Security records. Raw births topped out in 2015, but relative to how few babies were recorded back then, Arora's real moment was 2025.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 |
| 2000s | 75 |
| 2010s | 139 |
| 2020s | 100 |
Meaning & origin
Arora first entered U.S. birth records in 1995, a modern respelling of the classic Aurora. The name has been on an upward trajectory since 1999, reaching its highest rank of 5,554 in 2025, when 1 in 73,058 baby girls received the name. While its peak year is the most recent, the name remains rare. Arora's appeal likely lies in its soft vowel sounds and connection to the natural phenomenon of the aurora borealis, though the name is not directly derived from that term. Without strong ties to any specific state or cultural tradition, Arora represents a contemporary choice that blends familiarity with distinctiveness.
Arora first appeared in U.S. records in the 1990s, possibly as a creative respelling of Aurora. The name Aurora derives from the Latin word for 'dawn', the goddess of the dawn in Roman mythology. As a modern coinage, Arora carries the same luminous associations without a direct historical lineage.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Ari, Rory, Ara
Sibling names for Arora
Names that share Arora's style, for a brother or sister.
