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Vaughan

#13,755 in 2025Boys' name

Little

Vaughan has been given to 1,637 babies in the U.S. since 1911. In 2025 it ranked #13,755 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2006, with 34 recorded.

Babies named Vaughan, 2025

1 in 663,000

Vaughan over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
01020304018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Vaughan: meaning, origin, and history

Little

surname transfer

What Vaughan means

Vaughan means “little”, associated with bach.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Borrowed from Welsh Vychan, from bychan, diminutive of bach (“little”).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Vaughan (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Vaughan is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Vaughan is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Vaughan is pronounced /vɔːn/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,615 boys were recorded with the name Vaughan between 1911 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 34 in 2006; its best national rank was #1,516 in 1947.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #8,675 in 2020 to #13,755 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,693 in 2015 to #13,755 in 2025.

In the United States, 22 girls were recorded with the name Vaughan between 1939 and 2016. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2010; its best national rank was #4,902 in 1939.

How common is Vaughan?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#13,755
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Vaughan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Vaughan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Vaughans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Vaughan was born before 1969 — so the typical Vaughan is around 56 today.

Median birth year
1969
About 56 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
11.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
24.8%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,108
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 11.8% of all recorded uses (191).

Is Vaughan rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−2,910
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−5,080
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−9,062
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.24×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
14.7%
Peak was 2006 (34)
Years since peak
19
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
29.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,516
1947

Spellings of Vaughan

Vaughan is not the most common spelling — Vaughn is, with 93.0% against Vaughan's 7.0%.

  • Vaughn93.0%21,364
  • Vaughan7.0%1,615

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Vaughan is used

Across 1910–2025, Vaughan was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 2,201,000 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Vaughan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Vaughan around the world

Where Vaughan ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2024
    #5,120
    in 2024
  • Canada
    1991–2014
    #2,672
    in 2014
  • South Australia
    1944–2011
    #487
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Vaughan by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#13,755
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 5,080
Best rank ever
#1,516
1947
Peak year
2006
34 that year
First recorded
1911
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,615
Count in 2025
5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#4,902
1939
Peak year
2010
7 that year
First recorded
1939
Last recorded
2016
All-time count
22
Count in 2025
Under 5

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Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Vaughan

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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