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
- Peak · boys
- 1962 · 1,843 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 22,468since 1918
Doug over time
Rank among boys' names. Doug has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #10,760 | 6 | |
| 2017 | — | #9,696 | 7 | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | #10,644 | 6 | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,864 | 8 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #7,692 | 10 | |
| 2008 | — | #11,037 | 6 | |
| 2007 | — | #9,788 | 7 | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | #7,245 | 9 | |
| 2002 | — | #8,456 | 7 | |
| 2001 | — | #7,536 | 8 | |
| 2000 | — | #7,416 | 8 | |
| 1999 | — | #6,530 | 9 | |
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,100 | 9 | |
| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,501 | 10 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,868 | 9 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,447 | 13 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,920 | 15 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,105 | 20 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,607 | 16 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,989 | 20 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,203 | 16 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,215 | 26 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,962 | 30 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,485 | 45 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,979 | 27 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,314 | 50 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,539 | 40 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,133 | 65 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,089 | 69 | |
| 1979 | — | #926 | 90 | |
| 1978 | — | #945 | 84 | |
| 1977 | — | #856 | 100 | |
| 1976 | — | #776 | 114 | |
| 1975 | — | #747 | 125 | |
| 1974 | — | #603 | 176 | |
| 1973 | — | #567 | 197 | |
| 1972 | — | #492 | 255 | |
| 1971 | — | #445 | 340 | |
| 1970 | — | #385 | 437 | |
| 1969 | — | #350 | 512 | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #314 | 581 |
| 1967 | — | #292 | 625 | |
| 1966 | — | #280 | 684 | |
| 1965 | — | #227 | 1,028 | |
| 1964 | — | #199 | 1,409 | |
| 1963 | — | #174 | 1,689 | |
| 1962 | — | #170 | 1,843 | |
| 1961 | — | #172 | 1,817 | |
| 1960 | — | #182 | 1,704 | |
| 1959 | — | #179 | 1,701 | |
| 1958 | — | #201 | 1,393 | |
| 1957 | — | #254 | 882 | |
| 1956 | — | #367 | 404 | |
| 1955 | — | #494 | 222 | |
| 1954 | — | #545 | 178 | |
| 1953 | — | #624 | 132 | |
| 1952 | — | #653 | 112 | |
| 1951 | — | #584 | 141 | |
| 1950 | — | #494 | 183 | |
| 1949 | — | #426 | 254 | |
| 1948 | — | #379 | 324 | |
| 1947 | — | #350 | 378 | |
| 1946 | — | #369 | 310 | |
| 1945 | — | #404 | 222 | |
| 1944 | — | #428 | 202 | |
| 1943 | — | #390 | 243 | |
| 1942 | — | #401 | 229 | |
| 1941 | — | #691 | 79 | |
| 1940 | — | #653 | 85 | |
| 1939 | — | #681 | 76 | |
| 1938 | — | #779 | 62 | |
| 1937 | — | #932 | 45 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,118 | 34 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,078 | 36 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,425 | 23 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,330 | 25 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,777 | 17 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,328 | 11 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,444 | 11 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,247 | 7 | |
| 1928 | — | #4,151 | 5 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,912 | 9 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | #3,867 | 6 | |
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | — | #3,869 | 6 | |
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | #3,736 | 6 | |
| 1918 | — | #4,179 | 5 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
See more about Doug
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 290 spots in 1942 (#691 → #401)
- Biggest drop: 163 spots in 1980 (#926 → #1,089)
- Debuted 1918
- Peaked 1962 at #170 (1,843 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1937–1979
- 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%)
- 52.9% of all boys named Doug (11,892) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 11 | #3,736 (1919) | #3,958 |
| 1920s | 39 | #2,912 (1927) | #3,626 |
| 1930s | 340 | #681 (1939) | #1,389 |
| 1940s | 2,326 | #350 (1947) | #449 |
| 1950s | 5,348 | #179 (1959) | #440 |
| 1960s | 11,892 | #170 (1962) | #236 |
| 1970s | 1,918 | #385 (1970) | #674 |
| 1980s | 388 | #1,089 (1980) | #1,891 |
| 1990s | 111 | #3,105 (1991) | #5,772 |
| 2000s | 55 | #7,245 (2003) | #8,453 |
| 2010s | 34 | #8,864 (2012) | #9,924 |
| 2020s | 6 | #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 1968
Top girls' names in 1968
Top boys' names in 1968
More about 1968
girls
1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 328,078 of them was named Doug, which outranked 14.4% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,182 names at #7,016; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,737,974 boys got a published name in 1968; 1 in 2,991 of them was named Doug, which outranked 93.4% of the 4,746 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.