Vaughan
Last seen for girls in 2016 at #16,215 · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to boys 98.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1912 · 12 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,615since 1911
Vaughan over time
Rank among boys' names. Vaughan has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | #9,894 | 7 | |
| 2023 | — | #9,763 | 7 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,828 | 12 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,698 | 12 | |
| 2020 | — | #8,067 | 9 | |
| 2019 | — | #7,173 | 11 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,610 | 21 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,060 | 14 | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #6,349 | 13 |
| 2015 | — | #4,545 | 21 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,733 | 15 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,463 | 21 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,035 | 18 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,110 | 24 | |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | #4,241 | 23 |
| 2009 | — | #5,554 | 16 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,487 | 16 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,893 | 26 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,153 | 34 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,824 | 17 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,520 | 11 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,558 | 13 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,919 | 15 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,974 | 20 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,536 | 23 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,762 | 14 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,486 | 21 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,261 | 22 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,022 | 16 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,432 | 19 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,326 | 20 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,002 | 11 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,105 | 21 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,105 | 20 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,407 | 12 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,229 | 7 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,915 | 12 | |
| 1987 | — | #5,459 | 7 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,653 | 12 | |
| 1985 | — | #6,523 | 5 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,925 | 10 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,884 | 10 | |
| 1982 | — | #4,234 | 9 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,412 | 12 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,098 | 14 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,569 | 11 | |
| 1978 | — | #5,059 | 6 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,037 | 13 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,471 | 10 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,659 | 9 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,190 | 7 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,405 | 16 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,344 | 9 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,146 | 10 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,213 | 17 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,977 | 18 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,894 | 18 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,242 | 13 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,963 | 16 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,987 | 16 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,414 | 12 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,035 | 16 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,148 | 15 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,685 | 10 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,037 | 8 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,177 | 14 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,024 | 8 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,015 | 16 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,902 | 17 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,706 | 20 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,900 | 17 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,856 | 17 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,725 | 19 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,572 | 22 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,501 | 24 | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #1,611 | 21 |
| 1947 | — | #1,482 | 25 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,403 | 10 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,581 | 18 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,810 | 15 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,764 | 17 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,268 | 11 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,656 | 8 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,322 | 10 | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #2,609 | 8 |
| 1938 | — | #2,479 | 9 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,992 | 13 | |
| 1936 | — | #3,147 | 6 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,529 | 9 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,860 | 15 | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | #2,313 | 11 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,328 | 11 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,178 | 13 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,270 | 13 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,871 | 18 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,725 | 10 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,435 | 12 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,473 | 12 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,941 | 17 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,347 | 13 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,980 | 17 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,885 | 18 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,391 | 7 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,499 | 24 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,693 | 19 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,698 | 18 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,310 | 11 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,687 | 14 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,496 | 6 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,417 | 12 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Vaughan! It came in at #1,537, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1933, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Vaughan
- 2,114 spots since 2024 (#9,894 → #12,008)
- 3,941 spots since 2020 (#8,067 → #12,008)
- 7,463 spots since 2015 (#4,545 → #12,008)
- Debuted 1911
- Peaked 1912 at #1,417 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1913, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 35,829 boys born in 1912 were named Vaughan (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 11.8% of all boys named Vaughan (191) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 117 | #1,417 (1912) | #1,970 |
| 1920s | 136 | #1,871 (1927) | #2,349 |
| 1930s | 95 | #1,860 (1934) | #2,382 |
| 1940s | 159 | #1,482 (1947) | #1,940 |
| 1950s | 158 | #1,572 (1950) | #2,091 |
| 1960s | 144 | #1,894 (1968) | #2,201 |
| 1970s | 108 | #2,213 (1970) | #3,409 |
| 1980s | 98 | #3,098 (1980) | #4,433 |
| 1990s | 176 | #3,105 (1992) | #3,791 |
| 2000s | 191 | #3,153 (2006) | #4,742 |
| 2010s | 181 | #4,110 (2011) | #5,232 |
| 2020s | 52 | #6,698 (2021) | #8,876 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Vaughan in 1948
Top girls' names in 1948
Top boys' names in 1948
More about 1948
girls
1,697,908 girls got a published name in 1948; 1 in 339,582 of them was named Vaughan, which outranked 13.2% of the 6,040 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 797 names at #5,243; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,754,618 boys got a published name in 1948; 1 in 83,553 of them was named Vaughan, which outranked 61.6% of the 4,199 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,559Werner22
- #1,559Wes22
- #1,559Woodson22
- #1,611Vaughan21
- #1,611Aldo21
- #1,611Alvino21
- #1,611Annie21
- #1,656Acie20
- #1,656Adrien20
- #1,656Berton20
Tied with 44 names at #1,611; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.