How Many People Are Named Vaughan?
people named Vaughan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 308,191 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,637 babies named Vaughan in Social Security records from 1911 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
34 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was a variant of VAUGHN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Vaughan in English. Counting Vaughan and these spellings together, about 16,955 people alive in the US have the name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Vaughan, 1.6% were girls and 98.4% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1910s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 6.2% in the 2010s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Vaughan alive today is about 38 years old, and 45% are under 30. Half of them were between 18 and 58 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Vaughan first appears in the records in 1911 and was given most often in 2006, to 34 babies. In 2025, 5 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1911 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Vaughan has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,516, in 1947. In 2025 it ranked #13,754.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #13,754 |
| Best rank | #1,516 (1947) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,525 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Vaughan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Vaughan were born in Texas than in any other state: about 10 of those alive today.
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