Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Vaughan

#3,542 most common boys' name of all time · #8,642 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1911–2025

Rank among boys
#3,542
Rank overall
#8,642 of 105,966
First appeared
1911
Years on the list
114 of 146
All-time
1,637
Since 2016
116
Peak year
2006 #3,160
Best rank
#1,504 1947
Girls Boys peak 34/yr
192019401960198020002020

Vaughan first appears in 1911. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 5 5 #12,086
2024 — 7 7 #9,957
2023 — 7 7 #9,813
2022 — 12 12 #6,863
2021 — 12 12 #6,722
2020 — 9 9 #8,118
2019 — 11 11 #7,209
2018 — 21 21 #4,622
2017 — 14 14 #6,081
2016 5 13 18 #6,392
2015 — 21 21 #4,561
2014 — 15 15 #5,760
2013 — 21 21 #4,484
2012 — 18 18 #5,055
2011 — 24 24 #4,119
2010 7 23 30 #4,254
2009 — 16 16 #5,568
2008 — 16 16 #5,501
2007 — 26 26 #3,905
2006 — 34 34 #3,160
2005 — 17 17 #4,847
2004 — 11 11 #6,570
2003 — 13 13 #5,590
2002 — 15 15 #4,947
2001 — 20 20 #3,994
2000 — 23 23 #3,550
1999 — 14 14 #4,795
1998 — 21 21 #3,499
1997 — 22 22 #3,275
1996 — 16 16 #4,054
1995 — 19 19 #3,455
1994 — 20 20 #3,356
1993 — 11 11 #5,056
1992 — 21 21 #3,126
1991 — 20 20 #3,138
1990 — 12 12 #4,452
1989 — 7 7 #6,324
1988 — 12 12 #3,945
1987 — 7 7 #5,545
1986 — 12 12 #3,697
1985 — 5 5 #6,659
1984 — 10 10 #3,981
1983 — 10 10 #3,925
1982 — 9 9 #4,298
1981 — 12 12 #3,458
1980 — 14 14 #3,137
1979 — 11 11 #3,623
1978 — 6 6 #5,167
1977 — 13 13 #3,085
1976 — 10 10 #3,520
1975 — 9 9 #3,731
1974 — 7 7 #4,286
1973 — 16 16 #2,440
1972 — 9 9 #3,424
1971 — 10 10 #3,225
1970 — 17 17 #2,246
1969 — 18 18 #2,007
1968 — 18 18 #1,925
1967 — 13 13 #2,281
1966 — 16 16 #1,999
1965 — 16 16 #2,034
1964 — 10 10 #2,741
1963 — 12 12 #2,474
1962 — 16 16 #2,071
1961 — 15 15 #2,201
1960 — 10 10 #2,759
1959 — 8 8 #3,125
1958 — 14 14 #2,214
1957 — 8 8 #3,110
1956 — 16 16 #2,061
1955 — 17 17 #1,952
1954 — 20 20 #1,741
1953 — 17 17 #1,939
1952 — 17 17 #1,909
1951 — 19 19 #1,756
1950 — 22 22 #1,600
1949 — 24 24 #1,534
1948 5 21 26 #1,638
1947 — 25 25 #1,504
1946 — 10 10 #2,476
1945 — 18 18 #1,619
1944 — 15 15 #1,860
1943 — 17 17 #1,814
1942 — 11 11 #2,333
1941 — 8 8 #2,772
1940 — 10 10 #2,419
1939 5 8 13 #2,711
1938 — 9 9 #2,568
1937 — 13 13 #2,054
1936 — 6 6 #3,297
1935 — 9 9 #2,632
1934 — 15 15 #1,910
1932 — 11 11 #2,403
1931 — 11 11 #2,411
1930 — 13 13 #2,256
1929 — 6 6 #3,683
1928 — 13 13 #2,342
1927 — 18 18 #1,930
1926 — 10 10 #2,809
1925 — 12 12 #2,523
1924 — 12 12 #2,564
1923 — 17 17 #2,001
1922 — 13 13 #2,433
1921 — 17 17 #2,034
1920 — 18 18 #1,945
1919 — 7 7 #3,502
1918 — 24 24 #1,533
1917 — 19 19 #1,738
1916 — 18 18 #1,758
1915 — 11 11 #2,404
1914 — 14 14 #1,756
1913 — 6 6 #2,651
1912 — 12 12 #1,520
1911 — 6 6 #1,735