Vaun — boys' name
92 babies named Vaun in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
26% of everyone ever named Vaun was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Vaun in 1958 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Vaun
The Social Security Administration has registered 92 babies named Vaun between 1917 and 2021, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Vaun currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Vaun performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Vaun shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Vaun 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 92 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.
Vaun at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Vaun popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1917
- Peak year (1958)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 105 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
92 total births across 105 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1958 with 10 births in a single year.
Vaun by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 24 births that decade — 26% of Vaun's all-time total
Vaun decade highlights
- Peak decade 24 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Vaun's strongest decade
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% 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, 1917–2021 (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.