first name
VAUGHN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 14,855 people named Vaughn, 66.4% reported their origin as White, 20.9% as Black and 5.2% as two or more races. 95.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Vaughn peaked in 1949, when 385 babies got the name.
At least 22,484 babies have been given the name since 1881. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Vaughn by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #872. The largest share of babies named Vaughn, 23.3%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Vaughn is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Vaughn has been most common in Maine (4.6×), Utah (3.4×), and Pennsylvania (2.1×), and least common in Alabama (0.13×).
15,067 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Vaughn
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Vaughn, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Vaughn ranks #370 of 156,621, with 83,826 people. See Vaughn as a last name
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