girls:
839 births since 1979
#4877 (15th percentile)
boys:
91 births since 2002
#4495 (2nd percentile)
overall:
930 births since 1979
#6809 (12th percentile)
The name Auriel is the #6,809 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 930 recorded births since 1979. This represents the 12.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,877 (14.7% percentile) for all time with 839 births since 1979. For boys, it ranks #4,495 (1.9% percentile) for all time with 91 births since 2002.
Auriel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1979 (1979 for girls and 2002 for boys). Birth data for Auriel is available in 43 out of the 45 years between 1979 and 2023 (43 years for girls and 13 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Auriel has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 90.2% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 52.9% of babies named Auriel were girls.
For girls, Auriel reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 6.1% percentile (ranked #798) with 28 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 28 births per million (ranked 6.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Auriel ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 18.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Auriel reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #923) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Auriel ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 68.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Auriel".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Auriel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 39.6% confident that Auriel is pronounced as AW-ree-uhl, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AW-ree-ehl, at 29.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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