Kavaughn — #12940 US boys' name
98 babies named Kavaughn in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 9% of names given to boys today.
61% of everyone ever named Kavaughn was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Kavaughn in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kavaughn
The Social Security Administration has registered 98 babies named Kavaughn between 1994 and 2024, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kavaughn currently holds the #12940 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kavaughn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 60 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kavaughn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kavaughn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 98 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Kavaughn at a glance
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Current rank
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Kavaughn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1994
- Peak year (1998)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
Currently ranks #12940 among boys.
98 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 9 births in a single year.
Kavaughn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 60 births that decade — 61% of Kavaughn's all-time total
Kavaughn decade highlights
- Peak decade 60 births
- Runner-up 21 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kavaughn's strongest decade
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1994–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.