Aurora - sudden spike in popularity?

[ZoyaTheDestroyer]

Idly considering girls' names for DC2 and popped Aurora into the name.darkgreener site. I was surprised to see that it has had an ENORMOUS surge in popularity in the last few years and am trying to work out why. It's almost in the top 100.

Obviously there is the Disney princess connection but that has been around since 1959. Has a celebrity used it for their baby? Are there loads of Auroras in pop culture that have completely passed me by?

I watched a film last night Passengers, I'm sure the woman character was called Aurora

You watched it last night but you're not actually certain of what one of the only two human characters was called? You can't have been paying much attention!!

(Yes, it is Aurora, and no, I can't blame you for not paying the film much attention)

I don't think there always has to be a specific tangible explanation for rising and falling trends. Some names just share characteristics or styles with what is generally popular at a given time, and as more people use a name, it grows in popularity even more.

Agreed, but when the spike is as dramatic as Aurora there is often a pop culture reason. Take Luna, for example - that must be the Harry Potter effect?

It does look like it's currently the female Arlo, which renders it pretty much unusable for me

Aurora was our other girl name (we are expecting a boy) but the main female lead in passengers is named Aurora so maybe it’s just being used more now

I think it's beautiful and I'm going to use it should I be so lucky to have a DD in the future. No idea why it's had a surge in popularity though?

Aurora (sleeping beauty) was my favourite Disney princess so I've loved the name since then. I also think of the northern lights (aurora borealis) and as I'm Norwegian I think it would be a nice link.