Boys' name · peaked in 1949
Vaughn name popularity since 1925
20,675 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Vaughn (4.8% girls, 95.2% boys). Half of them were born in 1972 or earlier, so the typical Vaughn is about 54 years old in 2026. Vaughn peaked in 1949 as the #348 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 20,675
- Named Vaughn, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,153 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 95.2% boys
- 999 girls · 19,676 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 2.97× its national share
Peak year is the year Vaughn made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Vaughn births per year, 1925–2025
1949 was the biggest year for Vaughn both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1941 and 1946, Vaughn became 1.7× more common, from 1 in 9,380 baby boys to 1 in 5,510.
- Steepest fall: Between 1950 and 1955, its share of baby boys fell by 46%, from 1 in 5,130 to 1 in 9,490.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Vaughn's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Vaughn.
Decade by decade
Babies named Vaughn in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 35 | 638 | – |
| 1930s | 178 | 1,263 | #478 |
| 1940s | 102 | 2,382 | #441 |
| 1950s | 93 | 2,432 | #503 |
| 1960s | 75 | 2,548 | #457 |
| 1970s | 25 | 1,606 | #677 |
| 1980s | 29 | 1,453 | #780 |
| 1990s | 64 | 1,702 | #930 |
| 2000s | 92 | 2,325 | #777 |
| 2010s | 188 | 2,266 | #886 |
| 2020–25 | 118 | 1,061 | #1,153 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
25.4% of babies named Vaughn from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Vaughn is most popular
The index compares Vaughn's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Vaughn.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 2.97× | 364 |
| Pennsylvania | 2.19× | 1,600 |
| Maryland | 1.98× | 436 |
| Ohio | 1.71× | 1,135 |
| Michigan | 1.70× | 937 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Vaughn's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Vaughn.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Vaughn (1949).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data