Vaughan
Vaughan is a name with multiple cultural origins: Welsh, English.
- Welsh
- English
Meaning & Origin of Vaughan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Vaughan is a name with multiple cultural origins: Welsh, English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Welsh
- English
The Story of Vaughan
Vaughan first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1911, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2006: 34 births, good for #3,153 nationwide. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2024 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 2K Vaughans have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Vaughan
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Vaughan. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Vaughan
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About the name Vaughan
Vaughan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1911 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Vaughan's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #3,153. Use the chart and map above to compare Vaughan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.