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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201940peak #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 1940

girls
#3,863
6 births · 1 in 190,588 girls
boys
#487
140 births · 1 in 8,280 boys

Top girls' names in 1940

  1. #1Mary56,216
  2. #2Barbara36,736
  3. #3Patricia32,665
  4. #4Judith22,385
  5. #5Betty22,077
  6. #6Carol21,759
  7. #7Nancy19,737
  8. #8Linda18,370
  9. #9Shirley17,881
  10. #10Sandra16,153
  11. #3,863Vaughn6

Top boys' names in 1940

  1. #1James62,481
  2. #2Robert61,198
  3. #3John54,786
  4. #4William44,779
  5. #5Richard37,425
  6. #6Charles31,689
  7. #7David27,690
  8. #8Thomas23,991
  9. #9Donald23,115
  10. #10Ronald20,741
  11. #487Vaughn140
More about 1940

girls

1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 190,588 of them was named Vaughn, which outranked 23.2% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vaughn
  1. #3,503Zelta7
  2. #3,503Zenaida7
  3. #3,503Zonnie7
  4. #3,863Vaughn6
  5. #3,863Adina6
  6. #3,863Adra6
  7. #3,863Adrain6
  8. #4,349Abelina5
  9. #4,349Adair5
  10. #4,349Adel5

Tied with 485 names at #3,863; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. 2,494Scarlett#3,429#935
  2. 1,465Lonna#2,206#741
  3. 834Pam#1,797#963
  4. 659Jody#1,638#979
  5. 633Laraine#1,474#841
Fallers
  1. 481Fredia#996#1,477
  2. 430Eleanora#974#1,404
  3. 375Danielle#811#1,186
  4. 342Eloisa#930#1,272
  5. 298Coral#996#1,294

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

boys

1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 8,280 of them was named Vaughn, which outranked 87.6% of the 3,937 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. #483Denver142
  2. #483Kelly142
  3. #483Ward142
  4. #487Vaughn140
  5. #487Alberto140
  6. #487Alphonso140
  7. #487Barbara140
  8. #495Cleo139
  9. #495Gayle139
  10. #497Alva137

Tied with 7 names at #487; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. 565Whitney#1,458#893
  2. 447Gonzalo#1,297#850
  3. 419Weston#1,323#904
  4. 368Ashley#1,272#904
  5. 366Agustin#1,238#872
Fallers
  1. 886Montie#916#1,802
  2. 446Verlon#888#1,334
  3. 394Issac#857#1,251
  4. 392Otho#942#1,334
  5. 384Pearl#867#1,251

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

See the top 100 for 1940