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Vaughn

Gender
Boy
UK rank, 2025
#4,301 for boys
US rank, 2025
#1,152 for boys

Vaughn is a boys' name, meaning “small”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 1,152nd for boys in the US (183 babies).

What does Vaughn mean?

“small”

A male given name transferred from the surname.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Vaughn a girl's or a boy's name?

Vaughn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 21 girls and 183 boys in the US.

How popular is Vaughn in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#4,301among boys
Babies in 2025
4about 1 in 75,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 38% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Vaughn, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2010, with 16 boys.

Half of all the boys named Vaughn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 16 in 20102025
Vaughn in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20254#4,301
20247#3,003
20234#4,335
20222#6,336
20213#4,989
20205#3,502
20198#2,633
201811#2,088
201715#1,738
201615#1,723
201513#1,888
201414#1,743
201311#2,033
20125#3,572
20117#2,736
201016#1,585
200914#1,674
200811#1,930
200715#1,540
200612#1,640
200515#1,384
200413#1,417
20039#1,723
20029#1,594
20015#2,326
20005#2,237
19998#1,582
19988#1,569
19975#2,109
19966#1,840

How popular is Vaughn in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,152among boys
Babies in 2025
183about 1 in 9,300 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 7% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 183 boys in the US were named Vaughn, making it the 1,152nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,101st. Its busiest year was 1949, with 374 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881. 21 girls were also named Vaughn in 2025 (5,721st for girls).

Half of all the boys named Vaughn in the US since 1880 were born between 1948 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.

1881Busiest: 374 in 19492025
Vaughn in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025183#1,152
2024174#1,186
2023165#1,205
2022176#1,166
2021183#1,116
2020180#1,101
2019191#1,066
2018188#1,068
2017216#961
2016261#863
2015251#884
2014226#935
2013247#862
2012245#861
2011226#900
2010215#936
2009270#816
2008254#849
2007306#738
2006290#735
2005254#776
2004230#785
2003219#796
2002172#929
2001161#954
2000169#912
1999162#914
1998167#866
1997149#912
1996140#928
1995143#923
1994214#715
1993174#799
1992188#755
1991181#755
1990184#744
1989168#761
1988140#800
1987181#677
1986142#760
1985130#777
1984136#747
1983124#783
1982126#782
1981140#730
1980166#671
1979131#758
1978137#717
1977136#732
1976127#739
1975148#675
1974141#690
1973156#635
1972192#577
1971209#559
1970229#534
1969236#503
1968246#483
1967249#477
1966267#467
1965289#456
1964279#473
1963268#488
1962254#498
1961214#543
1960246#507
1959212#538
1958213#528
1957198#548
1956218#512
1955217#502
1954237#470
1953239#461
1952252#443
1951297#393
1950349#359
1949374#348
1948356#356
1947354#365
1946295#381
1945184#440
1944179#453
1943203#442
1942166#476
1941131#516
1940140#487
1939120#519
1938134#502
1937107#560
1936118#523
1935141#478
1934131#506
1933103#566
1932128#510
1931132#498
1930149#485
1929123#524
1928139#514
1927121#561
1926115#573
1925140#516
1924116#589
1923130#535
1922123#574
1921133#541
1920122#559
191999#608
1918141#502
1917119#532
1916122#515
1915119#509
191485#535
191367#523
191254#547
191128#577
191017#729
190916#679
190812#779
190714#699
190620#503
190516#592
190417#538
190314#595
190213#614
19018#778
190012#742
18997#856
18986#1,001
18979#725
18960–
18957#871
189412#594
18938#768
18926#955
18916#840
18900–
18890–
18885#1,030
18870–
18860–
18850–
18840–
18830–
18820–
18815#865

Names like Vaughn

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Vincent Jack Teddy Ryan Frankie Logan Max Kevin Finn Ethan Ronnie Evan

Names related to Vaughn

Vaughan

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Vaughn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vaughn, updated 20 October 2026.