Doug

Where Doug comes from

Clipping of Douglas.
— Wiktionary's entry for Doug
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1918
    First appearance
    #4,179 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1960
    Doug Jones born
    American actor, contortionist and mime
  3. 1962
    Peak, #170
    1,843 babies named Doug — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1964
    Doug Savant born
    actor
  5. 1966
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #280.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Douglas.
Namesakes
  • Doug Savant · actor, born 1964
  • Doug Jones · American actor, contortionist and mime, born 1960
  • Doug Burgum · United States Secretary of the Interior, born 1956
  • Doug Liman · American film director and producer, born 1965
  • Doug Ducey · American businessman and politician, born 1964

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.