Lavaughn
Lavaughn was last recorded in 2024, when 6 babies were given it; 1,898 Americans have been recorded with it between 1906 and 2024 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lavaughn by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Lavaughn?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #7,994, in 1977; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
52 babies in 1929, the peak
Lavaughn peaked in 1929, when 52 babies were given it (32 girls, #1,357 among girls’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | under 5 | 6 | #11,775 | |
| 2023 | under 5 | 5 | #13,358 | |
| 2022 | under 5 | 7 | #10,408 | |
| 2021 | under 5 | 8 | #9,334 | |
| 2020 | under 5 | 5 | #13,258 | |
| 2019 | under 5 | 10 | #7,966 | |
| 2018 | under 5 | 7 | #10,288 | |
| 2017 | under 5 | 6 | #11,592 | |
| 2016 | under 5 | 5 | #13,394 | |
| 2014 | under 5 | 9 | #8,519 |
Every recorded year (115)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | under 5 | 8 | #9,299 | |
| 2012 | under 5 | 12 | #6,865 | |
| 2011 | under 5 | 8 | #9,260 | |
| 2010 | under 5 | 7 | #10,309 | |
| 2008 | under 5 | 9 | #8,720 | |
| 2007 | under 5 | 11 | #7,399 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 14 | #5,972 | |
| 2005 | under 5 | 7 | #9,712 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 7 | #9,533 | |
| 2003 | under 5 | 5 | #11,988 | |
| 2002 | under 5 | 8 | #8,131 | |
| 2001 | under 5 | 7 | #8,843 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 10 | #6,624 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 8 | #7,559 | |
| 1998 | under 5 | 12 | #5,336 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 6 | #8,807 | |
| 1996 | under 5 | 5 | #9,907 | |
| 1995 | under 5 | 10 | #5,738 | |
| 1994 | under 5 | 7 | #7,426 | |
| 1993 | under 5 | 10 | #5,611 | |
| 1992 | under 5 | 12 | #4,736 | |
| 1991 | under 5 | 16 | #3,746 | |
| 1990 | under 5 | 16 | #3,700 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 6 | #7,509 | |
| 1988 | under 5 | 7 | #6,167 | |
| 1987 | under 5 | 13 | #3,643 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 6 | #6,382 | |
| 1985 | under 5 | 8 | #4,968 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 6 | #6,030 | |
| 1983 | under 5 | 7 | #5,239 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 10 | #4,108 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 9 | #4,361 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 12 | #3,533 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 11 | #3,713 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 11 | #3,525 | |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,994 | 11 | #3,498 |
| 1976 | under 5 | 8 | #4,236 | |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,863 | 7 | #4,588 |
| 1974 | 6 | #8,246 | 12 | #3,054 |
| 1973 | under 5 | 7 | #4,322 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 12 | #2,929 | |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,994 | 14 | #2,637 |
| 1970 | under 5 | 9 | #3,420 | |
| 1969 | 6 | #7,062 | 5 | #4,751 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,644 | 6 | #3,947 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,762 | 6 | #3,791 |
| 1966 | under 5 | 8 | #3,134 | |
| 1965 | 5 | #7,058 | 5 | #4,223 |
| 1964 | under 5 | 5 | #4,368 | |
| 1963 | 8 | #5,091 | 5 | #4,371 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,579 | 10 | #2,771 |
| 1961 | 5 | #7,091 | 6 | #3,872 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,875 | under 5 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 11 | #2,602 | |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,356 | under 5 | |
| 1957 | 7 | #5,154 | 15 | #2,149 |
| 1956 | 5 | #6,453 | 5 | #4,232 |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,974 | 7 | #3,357 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,922 | under 5 | |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,817 | 13 | #2,240 |
| 1952 | 11 | #3,470 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 1951 | 15 | #2,752 | 7 | #3,227 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,537 | 10 | #2,507 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,762 | 12 | #2,286 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,482 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,835 | 8 | #2,996 |
| 1946 | 16 | #2,433 | 12 | #2,215 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,841 | 5 | #3,568 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,934 | 8 | #2,757 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,368 | 5 | #3,820 |
| 1942 | 15 | #2,358 | 6 | #3,406 |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,923 | 9 | #2,572 |
| 1940 | 15 | #2,158 | 11 | #2,254 |
| 1939 | 16 | #2,081 | 15 | #1,836 |
| 1938 | 24 | #1,578 | 16 | #1,784 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,818 | 15 | #1,880 |
| 1936 | 14 | #2,208 | 11 | #2,238 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,631 | 8 | #2,835 |
| 1934 | 16 | #2,045 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1933 | 30 | #1,324 | 13 | #2,047 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,844 | 8 | #2,987 |
| 1931 | 26 | #1,477 | 8 | #2,982 |
| 1930 | 31 | #1,388 | 15 | #2,022 |
| 1929 | 32 | #1,357 | 20 | #1,708 |
| 1928 | 29 | #1,488 | 5 | #4,468 |
| 1927 | 25 | #1,701 | 9 | #3,038 |
| 1926 | 32 | #1,429 | 10 | #2,818 |
| 1925 | 31 | #1,483 | 9 | #3,040 |
| 1924 | 21 | #1,958 | 9 | #3,140 |
| 1923 | 35 | #1,338 | 9 | #3,072 |
| 1922 | 30 | #1,523 | 14 | #2,294 |
| 1921 | 34 | #1,389 | 8 | #3,367 |
| 1920 | 34 | #1,362 | under 5 | |
| 1919 | 31 | #1,409 | 9 | #3,009 |
| 1918 | 16 | #2,245 | 6 | #3,959 |
| 1917 | 23 | #1,623 | 6 | #3,784 |
| 1916 | 26 | #1,465 | 7 | #3,357 |
| 1915 | 15 | #2,092 | under 5 | |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,348 | 5 | #3,530 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,238 | under 5 | |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,908 | under 5 | |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,721 | under 5 | |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,475 | under 5 | |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,219 | under 5 | |
| 1906 | 5 | #2,089 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Lavaughn a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,898 Americans recorded as Lavaughn, 51% are girls and 49% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Lavaughn: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lavaughn, and how old are they?
An estimated 843 Americans named Lavaughn and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (44% of everyone recorded); the median is 52 years old and half are between 31 and 74. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 828 people named Lavaughn (360 women and girls, 468 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 960 born in the U.S. The Census count is 14% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lavaughn
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Lavaughn and names like it
- Compare Lavaughn and LorisBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sLavaughn peaked in 1929.
- Iowa’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lavaughn since 1910.
- The top names of 1929The year the most babies were named Lavaughn.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Lavaughn alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.