Vaughn

#5,722 for girls in 2025, 21 births · #1,152 for boys in 2025, 183 births
Given to boys 95.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
1949 · 374 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
21,364
since 1881

Vaughn over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Vaughn has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201929peak #348, 1949boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,72221#1,152183
2024#7,25115#1,186174
2023#6,68017#1,205165
2022#5,30924#1,166176
2021#5,23724#1,116183
2020#6,62917#1,101180
2019#5,61222#1,066191
2018#5,31524#1,068188
2017#6,04420#961216
2016#5,44524#863261
2015#8,00814#884251
2014#5,16326#935226
2013#6,01721#862247
2012#9,10912#861245
2011#12,1538#900226
2010#7,21717#936215
2009#8,45414#816270
2008#8,10915#849254
2007#10,81810#738306
2006#8,23714#735290
2005#776254
2004#16,0995#785230
2003#8,50512#797219
2002#12,1877#930172
2001#11,0208#955161
2000#11,8017#914169
1999#12,6886#916162
1998#11,1387#867167
1997#10,8367#914149
1996#13,5185#930140
1995#926143
1994#10,5697#716214
1993#8,7199#801174
1992#13,3175#757188
1991#6,97612#759181
1990#11,4096#748184
1989#764168
1988#11,7985#801140
1987#677181
1986#9,5456#760142
1985#777130
1984#10,4225#747136
1983#783124
1982#782126
1981#10,4115#730140
1980#7,4188#671166
1979#758131
1978#717137
1977#9,6525#732136
1976#7,2967#739127
1975#675148
1974#690141
1973#635156
1972#577192
1971#6,0068#559209
1970#7,9955#534229
1969#5,0579#503236
1968#6,2466#483246
1967#4,6259#477249
1966#4,8668#467267
1965#6,5395#456289
1964#4,35510#473279
1963#488268
1962#4,26310#498254
1961#4,5469#543214
1960#4,4379#507246
1959#3,61912#538212
1958#4,1939#529213
1957#4,5368#549198
1956#4,8377#513218
1955#2,83916#503217
1954#4,2788#471237
1953#4,5957#462239
1952#2,92114#444252
1951#4,8336#394297
1950#4,7386#360349
1949#3,17611#348374
1948#2,97412#356356
1947#3,44810#365354
1946#3,6658#381295
1945#2,74211#440184
1944#3,3788#453179
1943#2,86111#442203
1942#2,31115#476166
1941#2,84610#516131
1940#3,8636#487140
1939#1,73120#519120
1938#2,34013#502134
1937#1,63022#560107
1936#1,64021#523118
1935#2,9269#478141
1934#2,28913#506131
1933#1,83518#566103
1932#1,87718#510128
1931#1,42127#498132
1930#2,02317#485149
1929#3,6827#524123
1928#2,62312#514139
1927#3,2849#561121
1926#3,8737#573115
1925#516140
1924#3,6658#589116
1923#3,9717#535130
1922#2,95811#574123
1921#2,50914#541133
1920#2,89911#559122
1919#3,00510#60899
1918#502141
1917#3,3448#532119
1916#1,94917#515122
1915#4,2745#509119
1914#2,8767#53585
1913#3,1875#52367
1912#54754
1911#2,4635#57728
1910#72917
1909#67916
1908#1,8626#77912
1907#69914
1906#50320
1905#59216
1904#53817
1903#59514
1902#61513
1901#1,3397#7798
1900#74312
1899#8577
1898#1,0026
1897#7259
1896
1895#8727
1894#59412
1893#7688
1892#9566
1891#8416
1890
1889
1888#1,0315
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881#8665
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Vaughn! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1890, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Vaughn
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 34 spots since 2024 (#1,186#1,152)
  • 51 spots since 2020 (#1,101#1,152)
  • 268 spots since 2015 (#884#1,152)
  • Biggest jump: 188 spots in 1893 (#956#768)
  • Biggest drop: 278 spots in 1895 (#594#872)
Rise & fade · boys
68 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1949 at #348 (374 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 24 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 126 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 126 yrs · run 1899–2017
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,743
  • Highest: 1 in 4,743 boys born in 1949 were named Vaughn (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 9,334 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 11.9% of all boys named Vaughn (2,548) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s10#866 (1881)#949
1890s61#594 (1894)#827
1900s142#503 (1906)#652
1910s851#502 (1918)#558
1920s1,262#514 (1928)#549
1930s1,263#478 (1935)#515
1940s2,382#348 (1949)#426
1950s2,432#360 (1950)#476
1960s2,548#456 (1965)#490
1970s1,606#534 (1970)#662
1980s1,453#671 (1980)#749
1990s1,702#716 (1994)#833
2000s2,325#735 (2006)#830
2010s2,266#861 (2012)#934
2020s1,061#1,101 (2020)#1,154

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.

Vaughn in 1929

girls
#3,682
7 births · 1 in 159,509 girls
boys
#524
123 births · 1 in 8,745 boys

Top girls' names in 1929

  1. #1Mary63,512
  2. #2Betty36,675
  3. #3Dorothy31,476
  4. #4Helen20,983
  5. #5Margaret19,212
  6. #6Doris16,498
  7. #7Barbara16,038
  8. #8Ruth16,021
  9. #9Shirley14,576
  10. #10Patricia13,624
  11. #3,682Vaughn7

Top boys' names in 1929

  1. #1Robert59,807
  2. #2James52,135
  3. #3John52,112
  4. #4William47,815
  5. #5Charles29,930
  6. #6Richard29,572
  7. #7Donald27,181
  8. #8George23,020
  9. #9Joseph21,165
  10. #10Edward17,220
  11. #524Vaughn123
More about 1929

girls

1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 159,509 of them was named Vaughn, which outranked 30.2% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vaughn
  1. #3,394Zeffie8
  2. #3,394Zela8
  3. #3,394Zilphia8
  4. #3,682Vaughn7
  5. #3,682Adean7
  6. #3,682Adena7
  7. #3,682Agueda7
  8. #4,053Aaron6
  9. #4,053Ader6
  10. #4,053Adina6

Tied with 370 names at #3,682; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. 1,951Dorla#2,623#672
  2. 797Ingrid#1,738#941
  3. 534Sydell#1,502#968
  4. 521Elenor#1,502#981
  5. 406Jeanine#888#482
Fallers
  1. 937Joline#888#1,825
  2. 259Mafalda#936#1,195
  3. 250Lorelei#994#1,244
  4. 249Ardelle#888#1,137
  5. 234Charmaine#420#654

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 8,745 of them was named Vaughn, which outranked 88.5% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vaughn
  1. #520Maxwell127
  2. #522Bryan124
  3. #522Fletcher124
  4. #524Vaughn123
  5. #524Elden123
  6. #524Isiah123
  7. #527Dana122
  8. #527Daryl122
  9. #527Donn122

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. 2,188Davey#2,843#655
  2. 554Davie#1,413#859
  3. 374Derald#1,095#721
  4. 358Vernal#1,353#995
  5. 350Ken#1,228#878
Fallers
  1. 530Adolf#950#1,480
  2. 426Quinton#913#1,339
  3. 349Thornton#963#1,312
  4. 346Verlyn#891#1,237
  5. 346Isidore#891#1,237

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1929