Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Vaughn

Gender

Male

Origin

Celtic/Gaelic
Small
Russian
Royal

Syllables

1

Themes

  • Surname

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Vaughn

Pronunciation

va(u)-ghn, vaugh()-hn

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1949 (rank #348, 374 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1152, 183 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1931 (rank #1421, 27 births); most recent 2025 (rank #5722, 21 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202518321
202417415
202316417
202217624
202118324
202018017
201919122
201818824
201721620
201626124

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2005 (rank #1299, 15 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4209, 4 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
20254
20247
20234
2022–
20213
20204
20198
20189
201714
201612

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2016 (rank #707, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
20163

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2009 (rank #329, 4 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2015 (rank #384, 9 births); most recent 2020 (rank #472, 7 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
20207
2019–
20188
20178
20167
20159
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence