Vaughan
Boy
Vaughan is a boys' name, meaning “little”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Vaughan mean?
“little”
A male given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Vaughan a girl's or a boy's name?
Vaughan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vaughan in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 22 boys.
Half of all the boys named Vaughan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Vaughan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,338 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 16 | #1,507 |
| 2008 | 22 | #1,210 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,540 |
| 2006 | 20 | #1,167 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,216 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,239 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,608 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,252 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,209 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,057 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,062 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,319 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,394 |
How popular is Vaughan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Vaughan, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2006, with 34 boys. It first appears in the records in 1911.
2025 had fewer boys named Vaughan than any year since 1985.
Half of all the boys named Vaughan in the US since 1880 were born between 1944 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vaughan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 24 | #4,108 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,240 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2006 | 34 | #3,152 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 23 | #3,530 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 21 | #3,482 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,256 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 21 | #3,099 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,099 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,097 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 16 | #2,403 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 17 | #2,212 |
| 1969 | 18 | #1,976 |
| 1968 | 18 | #1,893 |
| 1967 | 13 | #2,241 |
| 1966 | 16 | #1,962 |
| 1965 | 16 | #1,986 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1962 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1961 | 15 | #2,147 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 14 | #2,176 |
| 1957 | 8 | #3,022 |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,014 |
| 1955 | 17 | #1,901 |
| 1954 | 20 | #1,705 |
| 1953 | 17 | #1,899 |
| 1952 | 17 | #1,855 |
| 1951 | 19 | #1,724 |
| 1950 | 22 | #1,571 |
| 1949 | 24 | #1,500 |
| 1948 | 21 | #1,610 |
| 1947 | 25 | #1,481 |
| 1946 | 10 | #2,402 |
| 1945 | 18 | #1,580 |
| 1944 | 15 | #1,809 |
| 1943 | 17 | #1,763 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,267 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,322 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,609 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1937 | 13 | #1,992 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,529 |
| 1934 | 15 | #1,860 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,313 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,327 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,178 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,270 |
| 1927 | 18 | #1,871 |
| 1926 | 10 | #2,723 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,434 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,473 |
| 1923 | 17 | #1,940 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,346 |
| 1921 | 17 | #1,979 |
| 1920 | 18 | #1,885 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1918 | 24 | #1,498 |
| 1917 | 19 | #1,692 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,697 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,309 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,686 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,495 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,416 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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