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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #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 1991

girls
#6,976
12 births · 1 in 156,251 girls
boys
#759
181 births · 1 in 11,162 boys

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #6,976Vaughn12

Top boys' names in 1991

  1. #1Michael60,810
  2. #2Christopher47,111
  3. #3Matthew41,647
  4. #4Joshua41,226
  5. #5Andrew31,539
  6. #6Daniel30,935
  7. #7James30,514
  8. #8David30,416
  9. #9Joseph29,840
  10. #10John27,809
  11. #759Vaughn181
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 156,251 of them was named Vaughn, which outranked 54.9% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vaughn
  1. #6,588Yevette13
  2. #6,588Yohanna13
  3. #6,588Ysabel13
  4. #6,976Vaughn12
  5. #6,976Aarica12
  6. #6,976Abygail12
  7. #6,976Adah12
  8. #7,430Abeer11
  9. #7,430Abigal11
  10. #7,430Aiko11

Tied with 453 names at #6,976; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. 1,600Rebeccah#2,600#1,000
  2. 1,221Ieshia#1,938#717
  3. 1,135Miriah#2,081#946
  4. 861Alexus#1,813#952
  5. 676Chynna#1,512#836
Fallers
  1. 568Infant#432#1,000
  2. 510Lakeshia#897#1,407
  3. 466Latifah#701#1,167
  4. 432Martika#757#1,189
  5. 416Cecily#575#991

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

boys

2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 11,162 of them was named Vaughn, which outranked 92.1% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vaughn
  1. #756Jess183
  2. #756Sherman183
  3. #758Spenser182
  4. #759Vaughn181
  5. #759Josh181
  6. #759Shea181
  7. #762Ashley180
  8. #762Dario180
  9. #762Randal180

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

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. 4,462Devante#5,382#920
  2. 1,656Unnamed#2,628#972
  3. 1,496Jaleel#2,373#877
  4. 811Gunnar#1,516#705
  5. 672Dijon#1,587#915
Fallers
  1. 1,000Arsenio#744#1,744
  2. 773Brittany#995#1,768
  3. 281Infant#389#670
  4. 281Jarret#881#1,162
  5. 273Elton#963#1,236

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

See the top 100 for 1991