# Vaughan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/vaughan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Welsh |
| Meaning | “little” |
| Pronunciation | /vɔːn/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Faughn, Vaughn, Vaughns |
| US babies named this | 1,637 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,615 / 22 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 298, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Welsh Vychan, from bychan, diminutive of bach (“little”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1939 | 5 | 4,904 |
| 1948 | 5 | 5,989 |
| 2010 | 7 | 14,861 |
| 2016 | 5 | 18,701 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 24 | 4,211 |
| 2012 | 18 | 5,231 |
| 2013 | 21 | 4,608 |
| 2014 | 15 | 5,977 |
| 2015 | 21 | 4,695 |
| 2016 | 13 | 6,698 |
| 2017 | 14 | 6,306 |
| 2018 | 21 | 4,725 |
| 2019 | 11 | 7,596 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8,680 |
| 2021 | 12 | 7,063 |
| 2022 | 12 | 7,229 |
| 2023 | 7 | 10,735 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10,850 |
| 2025 | 5 | 13,759 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 21 | 1,156 |
| 2009 | 16 | 1,425 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 19 | 1,303 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,117 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,079 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,020 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,335 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,172 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## People named Vaughan

- Vaughan Ronald Pratt, Australian computer scientist
- Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, author of the New York penal code (1830-1890)
- Chris Evans (Australian politician), Australian politician (born 1958)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.