Vaughn

Boy name

Vaughn has been given to 22,484 babies in the U.S. since 1881. It peaked in 1949.

Meaning & origin /vɔːn/

A variant of Vaughan, from Welsh bychan (“small”).

Origin: surnames

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

22,484

Peak year

1949 (385 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1881

10-year trend

▼ -23%

Gender split

5% girls / 95% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Vaughn.

22,032 babies since 1880

21,606 babies since 1880

21,556 babies since 1891

18,237 babies since 1896

26,968 babies since 1896

17,060 babies since 1889

28,669 babies since 1880

15,973 babies since 1880

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