Lavaughn
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- luh-VAWN
- Origin
- Modern
Lavaughn is a boys' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Lavaughn mean?
Modern: blend of La- and Vaughn
Adds the La- prefix to Vaughn, a Welsh surname from fychan 'small'.
Is Lavaughn a girl's or a boy's name?
Lavaughn is a boys' name.
How popular is Lavaughn in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1929, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Lavaughn in the US since 1880 were born between 1939 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 79% of the babies named Lavaughn in the US in 1916, and 52% in 1939.
Lavaughn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,601 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 12 | #2,944 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,557 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,280 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,671 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 11 | #2,529 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 15 | #2,092 |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 1952 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 10 | #2,437 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,224 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,217 |
| 1947 | 8 | #2,861 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,142 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,491 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,179 |
| 1939 | 15 | #1,795 |
| 1938 | 16 | #1,741 |
| 1937 | 15 | #1,828 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,184 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1933 | 13 | #1,997 |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 8 | #2,863 |
| 1930 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,672 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 9 | #2,911 |
| 1926 | 10 | #2,723 |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1923 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,239 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,876 |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,176 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
Names like Lavaughn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lavaughn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lavaughn, updated 20 October 2026.