Vaughn

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Vaughn: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Vaughn: Recorded since 1996, it reached #329 in 2009, and it stood at #2,921 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#329highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1765
1997	#2022
1998	#1642
1999	#1505
2000	#2142
2001	#2220
2002	#1651
2003	#1629
2004	#1410
2005	#1299
2006	#1643
2007	#1506
2008	#1828
2009	#1981
2010	#1620
2011	#2613
2012	#3416
2013	#1920
2014	#1630
2015	#1786
2016	#1903
2017	#1703
2018	#2259
2019	#2488
2020	#3848
2021	#4789
2023	#4107
2024	#2921

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2009: #329 among boys in Northern Ireland, #1981 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1765 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Vaughn by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Vaughn in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	26	4 of 10	7
2000s	100	10 of 10	10
2010sbusiest	107	10 of 10	11
2020s	18	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Vaughn appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #329 in Northern Ireland in 2009.

Vaughn's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2488	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2259	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1703	14	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1903	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1786	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1630	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1920	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1620	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1981	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1828	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1506	14	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1643	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1299	15	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1410	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1629	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1651	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1505	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1642	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#329	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #329, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2009, and 13 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Eliot · #329, 29y
Roseann · #329, 28y
Aaran · #330, 30y
Caine · #330, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Eliot · #329, 29y
Jaydan · #329, 28y
Makenzie · #329, 21y
Zakk · #329, 29y

Vaughn was ranked #329 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2009. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Vaughn and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Vaughn without appearing here.

Vaughn moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.
Brent Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3416 and #2458 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1920 and #3822.
Shannon Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2220 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1651 and #3225.

Moved ahead of Vaughn

Gunnar Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2488 and #2728 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #1935.
Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1620 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2613 and #1398.
Tor Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2488 and #3937 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #2960.
Aksel Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1703 and #1812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2259 and #1382.

Moved the opposite way to Vaughn

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Vaughn went from #1765 to #2921 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Vaughn went from #1765 to #2921 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Vaughn went from #1765 to #2921 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Vaughn went from #1765 to #2921 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Vaughn

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Vaughn went from #1765 to #2921 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Vaughn went from #1765 to #2921 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Vaughn went from #1765 to #2921 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Vaughn went from #1765 to #2921 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #329 in Northern Ireland in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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