Doug

Last seen for girls in 1968 at #7,016 · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821
Given to boys >99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1962 · 1,843 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
22,468
since 1918

Doug over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Doug has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #170, 1962boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023#10,8216
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018#10,7606
2017#9,6967
2016
2015#10,6446
2014
2013#9,6557
2012#8,8648
2011
2010
2009#7,69210
2008#11,0376
2007#9,7887
2006
2005
2004
2003#7,2459
2002#8,4567
2001#7,5368
2000#7,4168
1999#6,5309
1998#9,6315
1997#6,1009
1996#9,0155
1995#5,50110
1994#5,8689
1993#4,44713
1992#3,92015
1991#3,10520
1990#3,60716
1989#2,98920
1988#3,20316
1987#2,21526
1986#1,96230
1985#1,48545
1984#1,97927
1983#1,31450
1982#1,53940
1981#1,13365
1980#1,08969
1979#92690
1978#94584
1977#856100
1976#776114
1975#747125
1974#603176
1973#567197
1972#492255
1971#445340
1970#385437
1969#350512
1968#7,0165#314581
1967#292625
1966#280684
1965#2271,028
1964#1991,409
1963#1741,689
1962#1701,843
1961#1721,817
1960#1821,704
1959#1791,701
1958#2011,393
1957#254882
1956#367404
1955#494222
1954#545178
1953#624132
1952#653112
1951#584141
1950#494183
1949#426254
1948#379324
1947#350378
1946#369310
1945#404222
1944#428202
1943#390243
1942#401229
1941#69179
1940#65385
1939#68176
1938#77962
1937#93245
1936#1,11834
1935#1,07836
1934#1,42523
1933#1,33025
1932#1,77717
1931#2,32811
1930#2,44411
1929#3,2477
1928#4,1515
1927#2,9129
1926#3,7086
1925
1924#3,8676
1923
1922
1921#3,8696
1920
1919#3,7366
1918#4,1795
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First appearance
1918

The first year at least five boys were named Doug! It came in at #4,179, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1920, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Doug is popular in 1955

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Doug, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Doug, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Doug, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Doug, so not publishedNHWashington: #259 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,110 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Doug, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Doug, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Doug, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #286 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,587 boysMNIllinois: #594 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 17,980 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Doug, so not publishedWIMichigan: #297 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 4,795 boysMINew York: #527 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 14,521 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Doug, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Doug, so not publishedRIOregon: #260 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,995 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Doug, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Doug, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #164 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,052 boysSDIowa: #266 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,861 boysIAIndiana: #298 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 4,417 boysINOhio: #340 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 6,487 boysOHPennsylvania: #447 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 13,385 boysPANew Jersey: #379 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 9,594 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Doug, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #379 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 5,462 boysCAUtah: #278 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,333 boysUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Doug, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Doug, so not publishedNEMissouri: #403 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 7,842 boysMOKentucky: #409 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,308 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Doug, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Doug, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Doug, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Doug, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Doug, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Doug, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Doug, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Doug, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Doug, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Doug, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Doug, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Doug, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Doug, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Doug, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Doug, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Doug, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Doug, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Doug, so not publishedHITexas: #901 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 20,157 boysTXFlorida: #441 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 7,171 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Dakota#164 · 1 in 1,052
  2. Washington#259 · 1 in 3,110
  3. Oregon#260 · 1 in 2,995
  4. Iowa#266 · 1 in 3,861
  5. Utah#278 · 1 in 2,333

Best ever in a state: #59 in Idaho, 1963.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Dakota#16481 in 1,052
Washington#259101 in 3,110
Oregon#26061 in 2,995
Iowa#26681 in 3,861
Utah#27851 in 2,333
Minnesota#28671 in 5,587
Michigan#297201 in 4,795
Indiana#298121 in 4,417
Ohio#340171 in 6,487
California#379291 in 5,462
New Jersey#37961 in 9,594
Missouri#40361 in 7,842
Kentucky#40951 in 7,308
Florida#44161 in 7,171
Pennsylvania#44791 in 13,385
New York#527121 in 14,521
Illinois#59461 in 17,980
Texas#90161 in 20,157
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Doug
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 290 spots in 1942 (#691#401)
  • Biggest drop: 163 spots in 1980 (#926#1,089)
Rise & fade · boys
44 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1918
  • Peaked 1962 at #170 (1,843 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 43 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1937–1979
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,123
  • Highest: 1 in 1,123 boys born in 1962 were named Doug (0.09%)
  • Latest: 1 in 285,096 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 52.9% of all boys named Doug (11,892) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s11#3,736 (1919)#3,958
1920s39#2,912 (1927)#3,626
1930s340#681 (1939)#1,389
1940s2,326#350 (1947)#449
1950s5,348#179 (1959)#440
1960s11,892#170 (1962)#236
1970s1,918#385 (1970)#674
1980s388#1,089 (1980)#1,891
1990s111#3,105 (1991)#5,772
2000s55#7,245 (2003)#8,453
2010s34#8,864 (2012)#9,924
2020s6#10,821 (2023)#10,821

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Doug in 1955

boys
#494
222 births · 1 in 9,279 boys

Top boys' names in 1955

  1. #1Michael88,355
  2. #2David86,306
  3. #3James84,186
  4. #4Robert83,758
  5. #5John80,128
  6. #6William59,990
  7. #7Richard53,566
  8. #8Thomas45,855
  9. #9Mark42,255
  10. #10Steven37,847
  11. #494Doug222
More about 1955

boys

2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 9,279 of them was named Doug, which outranked 88.8% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Doug
  1. #491Frederic224
  2. #491Simon224
  3. #493Stan223
  4. #494Doug222
  5. #494Erik222
  6. #496Elliott221
  7. #496Reuben221
  8. #496Sanford221

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. 808Davy#1,333#525
  2. 326Wyatt#985#659
  3. 323Moises#1,311#988
  4. 296Tad#1,068#772
  5. 286Rhett#1,122#836
Fallers
  1. 738Rahn#908#1,646
  2. 415Ricci#739#1,154
  3. 321Meredith#952#1,273
  4. 309Michial#985#1,294
  5. 282Arvin#973#1,255

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1955