Meaning not yet researched.
Vaughn: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 183 in 2025. Its best rank was #348 in 1949.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #348 in 1949; #1,153 in 2025. About 90% of babies named Vaughn in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,153 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1949, at #348.
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Vaughn: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 183 boys in 2025. Peak: #348 in 1949 · most boys in one year: 374 (1949).
In 2025, 183 US boys were named Vaughn, making it the 1,153rd most common boys’ name of the year, up 35 places from #1,188 in 2024. That is 9 more than the 174 boys named Vaughn in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #348, reached in 1949. That year also had the most boys given the name: 374. For comparison, it was #886 in 2015 and #361 in 1950.
In 2025, 21 US girls were named Vaughn, making it the 5,902nd most common girls’ name of the year, up 1,673 places from #7,575 in 2024. That is 6 more than the 15 girls named Vaughn in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #1,455, reached in 1931. That year also had the most girls given the name: 27. For comparison, it was #8,416 in 2015 and #5,268 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Vaughn in 136 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 5 babies. In all, 22,484 US babies have been given the name, 5.0% of them girls and 95% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 2,623 babies named Vaughn.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,917 US boys were named Vaughn; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 261. In 2025 that was about 1 in 9,334 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Vaughn ranked highest in Kansas in 2025, at #586 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Vaughan are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
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No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Vaughan (1,637).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Vaughn in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 35 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | 6 | #586 | — |
| Utah | 6 | #698 | — |
| Michigan | 11 | #713 | #665 |
| Colorado | 7 | #752 | #517 |
| New Jersey | 9 | #756 | — |
| Maryland | 6 | #801 | — |
| Indiana | 6 | #941 | — |
| California | 24 | #955 | #740 |
| Washington | 6 | #989 | #538 |
| Ohio | 8 | #1,008 | #648 |
| Tennessee | 6 | #1,031 | — |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,266 | #707 |
| Florida | 9 | #1,347 | #1,025 |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,536 | — |
| Texas | 10 | #1,746 | #1,148 |
| New York | 5 | #2,023 | #890 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,902 | 183 | #1,153 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,575 | 174 | #1,188 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,907 | 165 | #1,213 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,451 | 176 | #1,166 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,391 | 183 | #1,118 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,905 | 180 | #1,104 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,782 | 191 | #1,070 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,444 | 188 | #1,068 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,270 | 216 | #963 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,604 | 261 | #865 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,416 | 251 | #886 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,303 | 226 | #935 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,240 | 247 | #865 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,682 | 245 | #862 |
| 2011 | 8 | #13,280 | 226 | #901 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,493 | 215 | #939 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,859 | 270 | #820 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,499 | 254 | #849 |
| 2007 | 10 | #11,578 | 306 | #739 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,693 | 290 | #737 |
| 2005 | — | — | 254 | #777 |
| 2004 | 5 | #18,693 | 230 | #787 |
| 2003 | 12 | #9,026 | 219 | #799 |
| 2002 | 7 | #13,533 | 172 | #938 |
| 2001 | 8 | #12,004 | 161 | #957 |
| 2000 | 7 | #13,092 | 169 | #918 |
| 1999 | 6 | #14,342 | 162 | #920 |
| 1998 | 7 | #12,379 | 167 | #870 |
| 1997 | 7 | #12,026 | 149 | #917 |
| 1996 | 5 | #15,789 | 140 | #934 |
| 1995 | — | — | 143 | #930 |
| 1994 | 7 | #11,739 | 214 | #717 |
| 1993 | 9 | #9,520 | 174 | #803 |
| 1992 | 5 | #15,538 | 188 | #762 |
| 1991 | 12 | #7,413 | 181 | #761 |
| 1990 | 6 | #12,900 | 184 | #753 |
| 1989 | — | — | 168 | #766 |
| 1988 | 5 | #13,819 | 140 | #804 |
| 1987 | — | — | 181 | #679 |
| 1986 | 6 | #10,863 | 142 | #765 |
| 1985 | — | — | 130 | #780 |
| 1984 | 5 | #12,122 | 136 | #747 |
| 1983 | — | — | 124 | #785 |
| 1982 | — | — | 126 | #787 |
| 1981 | 5 | #12,125 | 140 | #734 |
| 1980 | 8 | #8,147 | 166 | #674 |
| 1979 | — | — | 131 | #760 |
| 1978 | — | — | 137 | #720 |
| 1977 | 5 | #11,274 | 136 | #736 |
| 1976 | 7 | #8,134 | 127 | #741 |
| 1975 | — | — | 148 | #677 |
| 1974 | — | — | 141 | #694 |
| 1973 | — | — | 156 | #638 |
| 1972 | — | — | 192 | #577 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,605 | 209 | #561 |
| 1970 | 5 | #9,306 | 229 | #534 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,440 | 236 | #504 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,980 | 246 | #486 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,966 | 249 | #477 |
| 1966 | 8 | #5,255 | 267 | #467 |
| 1965 | 5 | #7,485 | 289 | #457 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,629 | 279 | #474 |
| 1963 | — | — | 268 | #490 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,520 | 254 | #500 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,873 | 214 | #543 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,761 | 246 | #508 |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,816 | 212 | #538 |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,503 | 213 | #529 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,895 | 198 | #551 |
| 1956 | 7 | #5,291 | 218 | #514 |
| 1955 | 16 | #2,964 | 217 | #503 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,633 | 237 | #471 |
| 1953 | 7 | #5,004 | 239 | #462 |
| 1952 | 14 | #3,033 | 252 | #444 |
| 1951 | 6 | #5,378 | 297 | #394 |
| 1950 | 6 | #5,268 | 349 | #361 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,383 | 374 | #348 |
| 1948 | 12 | #3,130 | 356 | #357 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,688 | 354 | #367 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,971 | 295 | #381 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,906 | 184 | #441 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,666 | 179 | #455 |
| 1943 | 11 | #3,027 | 203 | #442 |
| 1942 | 15 | #2,410 | 166 | #476 |
| 1941 | 10 | #3,018 | 131 | #519 |
| 1940 | 6 | #4,313 | 140 | #494 |
| 1939 | 20 | #1,791 | 120 | #523 |
| 1938 | 13 | #2,438 | 134 | #505 |
| 1937 | 22 | #1,678 | 107 | #562 |
| 1936 | 21 | #1,687 | 118 | #526 |
| 1935 | 9 | #3,142 | 141 | #478 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,418 | 131 | #507 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,904 | 103 | #568 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,948 | 128 | #510 |
| 1931 | 27 | #1,455 | 132 | #500 |
| 1930 | 17 | #2,101 | 149 | #488 |
| 1929 | 7 | #4,022 | 123 | #526 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,755 | 139 | #514 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,548 | 121 | #561 |
| 1926 | 7 | #4,275 | 115 | #579 |
| 1925 | — | — | 140 | #522 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,979 | 116 | #593 |
| 1923 | 7 | #4,346 | 130 | #538 |
| 1922 | 11 | #3,138 | 123 | #580 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,622 | 133 | #542 |
| 1920 | 11 | #3,083 | 122 | #564 |
| 1919 | 10 | #3,207 | 99 | #611 |
| 1918 | — | — | 141 | #503 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,691 | 119 | #537 |
| 1916 | 17 | #2,023 | 122 | #516 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,911 | 119 | #511 |
| 1914 | 7 | #3,159 | 85 | #535 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,669 | 67 | #530 |
| 1912 | — | — | 54 | #551 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,839 | 28 | #583 |
| 1910 | — | — | 17 | #752 |
| 1909 | — | — | 16 | #711 |
| 1908 | 6 | #2,087 | 12 | #820 |
| 1907 | — | — | 14 | #733 |
| 1906 | — | — | 20 | #520 |
| 1905 | — | — | 16 | #612 |
| 1904 | — | — | 17 | #563 |
| 1903 | — | — | 14 | #616 |
| 1902 | — | — | 13 | #648 |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,455 | 8 | #854 |
| 1900 | — | — | 12 | #781 |
| 1899 | — | — | 7 | #925 |
| 1898 | — | — | 6 | #1,113 |
| 1897 | — | — | 9 | #784 |
| 1895 | — | — | 7 | #972 |
| 1894 | — | — | 12 | #628 |
| 1893 | — | — | 8 | #833 |
| 1892 | — | — | 6 | #1,060 |
| 1891 | — | — | 6 | #953 |
| 1888 | — | — | 5 | #1,173 |
| 1881 | — | — | 5 | #986 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).