Vaughn

A boys’ name of Welsh origin, meaning small or little.

Babies a year
235
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4275
4 babies

How Vaughn has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2017. Lower is more popular.
#785#914#1042201520162017#963

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YearUS rank
2015#886
2016#864
2017#963

Vaughn by the numbers

In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Vaughn. In the US, 235 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 374 babies in 1949, making it a 1940s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Vaughn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Vaughansmall, little14 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Vaughn

Names that are said the same way as Vaughn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Vanfrom or of; a preposition used in surnames251 in the US (2017)
  • Vannfrom the fen; variant of Van21 in the US (2017)
  • Vaun5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Vaughn

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