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
- Peak · boys
- 1949 · 374 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 21,364since 1881
Vaughn over time
Rank among boys' names. Vaughn has never cracked the top 300 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 | #5,722 | 21 | #1,152 | 183 |
| 2024 | #7,251 | 15 | #1,186 | 174 |
| 2023 | #6,680 | 17 | #1,205 | 165 |
| 2022 | #5,309 | 24 | #1,166 | 176 |
| 2021 | #5,237 | 24 | #1,116 | 183 |
| 2020 | #6,629 | 17 | #1,101 | 180 |
| 2019 | #5,612 | 22 | #1,066 | 191 |
| 2018 | #5,315 | 24 | #1,068 | 188 |
| 2017 | #6,044 | 20 | #961 | 216 |
| 2016 | #5,445 | 24 | #863 | 261 |
| 2015 | #8,008 | 14 | #884 | 251 |
| 2014 | #5,163 | 26 | #935 | 226 |
| 2013 | #6,017 | 21 | #862 | 247 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 | #861 | 245 |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | #900 | 226 |
| 2010 | #7,217 | 17 | #936 | 215 |
| 2009 | #8,454 | 14 | #816 | 270 |
| 2008 | #8,109 | 15 | #849 | 254 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | #738 | 306 |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 | #735 | 290 |
| 2005 | — | #776 | 254 | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #785 | 230 |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 | #797 | 219 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | #930 | 172 |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | #955 | 161 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #914 | 169 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #916 | 162 |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | #867 | 167 |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | #914 | 149 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #930 | 140 |
| 1995 | — | #926 | 143 | |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #716 | 214 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | #801 | 174 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #757 | 188 |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 | #759 | 181 |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | #748 | 184 |
| 1989 | — | #764 | 168 | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #801 | 140 |
| 1987 | — | #677 | 181 | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #760 | 142 |
| 1985 | — | #777 | 130 | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #747 | 136 |
| 1983 | — | #783 | 124 | |
| 1982 | — | #782 | 126 | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #730 | 140 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | #671 | 166 |
| 1979 | — | #758 | 131 | |
| 1978 | — | #717 | 137 | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #732 | 136 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #739 | 127 |
| 1975 | — | #675 | 148 | |
| 1974 | — | #690 | 141 | |
| 1973 | — | #635 | 156 | |
| 1972 | — | #577 | 192 | |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | #559 | 209 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #534 | 229 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | #503 | 236 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #483 | 246 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | #477 | 249 |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | #467 | 267 |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #456 | 289 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 | #473 | 279 |
| 1963 | — | #488 | 268 | |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 | #498 | 254 |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 | #543 | 214 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 | #507 | 246 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 | #538 | 212 |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 | #529 | 213 |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | #549 | 198 |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | #513 | 218 |
| 1955 | #2,839 | 16 | #503 | 217 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | #471 | 237 |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | #462 | 239 |
| 1952 | #2,921 | 14 | #444 | 252 |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | #394 | 297 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #360 | 349 |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 | #348 | 374 |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 | #356 | 356 |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | #365 | 354 |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | #381 | 295 |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 | #440 | 184 |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | #453 | 179 |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 | #442 | 203 |
| 1942 | #2,311 | 15 | #476 | 166 |
| 1941 | #2,846 | 10 | #516 | 131 |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | #487 | 140 |
| 1939 | #1,731 | 20 | #519 | 120 |
| 1938 | #2,340 | 13 | #502 | 134 |
| 1937 | #1,630 | 22 | #560 | 107 |
| 1936 | #1,640 | 21 | #523 | 118 |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 | #478 | 141 |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 | #506 | 131 |
| 1933 | #1,835 | 18 | #566 | 103 |
| 1932 | #1,877 | 18 | #510 | 128 |
| 1931 | #1,421 | 27 | #498 | 132 |
| 1930 | #2,023 | 17 | #485 | 149 |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | #524 | 123 |
| 1928 | #2,623 | 12 | #514 | 139 |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 | #561 | 121 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #573 | 115 |
| 1925 | — | #516 | 140 | |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 | #589 | 116 |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | #535 | 130 |
| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 | #574 | 123 |
| 1921 | #2,509 | 14 | #541 | 133 |
| 1920 | #2,899 | 11 | #559 | 122 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 | #608 | 99 |
| 1918 | — | #502 | 141 | |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | #532 | 119 |
| 1916 | #1,949 | 17 | #515 | 122 |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #509 | 119 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | #535 | 85 |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #523 | 67 |
| 1912 | — | #547 | 54 | |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | #577 | 28 |
| 1910 | — | #729 | 17 | |
| 1909 | — | #679 | 16 | |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | #779 | 12 |
| 1907 | — | #699 | 14 | |
| 1906 | — | #503 | 20 | |
| 1905 | — | #592 | 16 | |
| 1904 | — | #538 | 17 | |
| 1903 | — | #595 | 14 | |
| 1902 | — | #615 | 13 | |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 | #779 | 8 |
| 1900 | — | #743 | 12 | |
| 1899 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1898 | — | #1,002 | 6 | |
| 1897 | — | #725 | 9 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #872 | 7 | |
| 1894 | — | #594 | 12 | |
| 1893 | — | #768 | 8 | |
| 1892 | — | #956 | 6 | |
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #1,031 | 5 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1949 at #348 (374 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 24 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 126 yrs · run 1899–2017
- 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%)
- 11.9% of all boys named Vaughn (2,548) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #866 (1881) | #949 |
| 1890s | 61 | #594 (1894) | #827 |
| 1900s | 142 | #503 (1906) | #652 |
| 1910s | 851 | #502 (1918) | #558 |
| 1920s | 1,262 | #514 (1928) | #549 |
| 1930s | 1,263 | #478 (1935) | #515 |
| 1940s | 2,382 | #348 (1949) | #426 |
| 1950s | 2,432 | #360 (1950) | #476 |
| 1960s | 2,548 | #456 (1965) | #490 |
| 1970s | 1,606 | #534 (1970) | #662 |
| 1980s | 1,453 | #671 (1980) | #749 |
| 1990s | 1,702 | #716 (1994) | #833 |
| 2000s | 2,325 | #735 (2006) | #830 |
| 2010s | 2,266 | #861 (2012) | #934 |
| 2020s | 1,061 | #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 2003
Top girls' names in 2003
Top boys' names in 2003
More about 2003
girls
1,827,145 girls got a published name in 2003; 1 in 152,262 of them was named Vaughn, which outranked 53.9% of the 18,439 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #7,998Zykira13
- #7,998Zyon13
- #7,998Zyra13
- #8,505Vaughn12
- #8,505Aalyssa12
- #8,505Abbye12
- #8,505Abeer12
- #9,048Aalliyah11
- #9,048Aamani11
- #9,048Aarianna11
Tied with 542 names at #8,505; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,975,349 boys got a published name in 2003; 1 in 9,020 of them was named Vaughn, which outranked 93.8% of the 12,761 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).