Douglas

Last seen for girls in 2004 at #14,179 · #807 for boys in 2025, 308 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1942 · 11,233 births
Debut · boys
29 births
In top 100 · boys
61 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
560,013
since 1880

Douglas over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201966peak #23, 1942boys
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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#807308
2024#848286
2023#743354
2022#827300
2021#737347
2020#737334
2019#684374
2018#673373
2017#629413
2016#603447
2015#615437
2014#598458
2013#541492
2012#570452
2011#513505
2010#485536
2009#462589
2008#424687
2007#394757
2006#361824
2005#359822
2004#14,1796#353799
2003#307976
2002#305953
2001#2821,081
2000#2741,173
1999#2471,290
1998#2271,403
1997#2011,586
1996#13,5185#1811,793
1995#1681,947
1994#13,4305#1562,162
1993#7,03812#1392,461
1992#13,3175#1272,630
1991#7,98710#1093,156
1990#6,46513#1033,544
1989#5,04917#923,700
1988#3,16531#883,655
1987#3,62424#853,804
1986#4,72416#823,763
1985#2,70435#764,021
1984#2,67734#714,142
1983#2,78331#694,182
1982#3,17227#684,511
1981#2,65734#644,788
1980#3,00229#625,180
1979#2,93129#585,167
1978#2,74130#595,151
1977#2,71530#595,297
1976#3,09523#565,224
1975#2,45632#555,345
1974#3,11022#535,843
1973#2,75325#476,595
1972#2,02239#437,387
1971#1,96643#398,737
1970#1,95243#3610,409
1969#1,95541#3411,237
1968#1,70847#3311,405
1967#1,53753#3311,434
1966#1,66945#3311,401
1965#1,57550#3212,787
1964#2,04034#3114,600
1963#2,17230#2815,086
1962#1,78241#2715,928
1961#1,59850#2815,978
1960#1,98233#3015,133
1959#1,47853#3015,290
1958#2,20926#3015,798
1957#1,84235#3016,730
1956#1,89732#2916,389
1955#1,97829#2915,311
1954#2,45020#2914,703
1953#2,17323#2714,138
1952#2,07424#2813,680
1951#1,74031#2713,902
1950#1,91125#2812,264
1949#2,21220#2911,322
1948#1,52037#339,468
1947#2,35418#319,895
1946#2,09420#348,336
1945#1,82521#297,394
1944#1,74223#346,998
1943#1,59128#288,236
1942#1,30038#2311,233
1941#2,01817#534,146
1940#1,90018#563,732
1939#2,9229#583,564
1938#2,02116#603,508
1937#3,1468#742,610
1936#2,26313#782,374
1935#2,00616#752,529
1934#2,00316#722,541
1933#2,16114#812,252
1932#2,23514#852,284
1931#1,80319#852,203
1930#1,49927#892,166
1929#1,70422#971,965
1928#1,89720#1021,912
1927#2,33915#1041,821
1926#2,16517#1021,778
1925#1,79523#1031,677
1924#1,77024#1051,676
1923#2,09118#1081,613
1922#3,3799#1061,636
1921#2,28216#1111,566
1920#1,88921#1061,657
1919#1,60425#1211,328
1918#2,37614#1151,432
1917#1,84719#138981
1916#2,13315#151815
1915#2,25513#158734
1914#2,26510#175502
1913#2,1649#163428
1912#1,9819#165350
1911#181169
1910#172169
1909#181126
1908#2,1015#190111
1907#19799
1906#18399
1905#20585
1904#1,8775#23764
1903#168100
1902#20476
1901#17683
1900#189107
1899#18773
1898#20771
1897#22258
1896#20972
1895#22361
1894#20766
1893#22656
1892#23557
1891#28333
1890#27938
1889#26639
1888#24550
1887#27634
1886#28835
1885#30730
1884#28836
1883#28433
1882#30732
1881#43116
1880#31429
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Douglas was already there! It came in at #314, and was given to 29 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 17 boys a year got the name.

See more about Douglas
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 41 spots since 2024 (#848#807)
  • 70 spots since 2020 (#737#807)
  • 192 spots since 2015 (#615#807)
  • Biggest jump: 124 spots in 1882 (#431#307)
  • Biggest drop: 117 spots in 1881 (#314#431)
Rise & fade · boys
62 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1942 at #23 (11,233 births)
  • Births halved by 1975, 33 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 61 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 61 yrs · run 1929–1989
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 123
  • Highest: 1 in 123 boys born in 1942 were named Douglas (0.81%)
  • Latest: 1 in 5,546 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 26.5% of all boys named Douglas (148,205) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s334#245 (1888)#301
1890s585#187 (1899)#228
1900s950#168 (1903)#193
1910s6,908#115 (1918)#154
1920s17,301#97 (1929)#104
1930s26,031#58 (1939)#76
1940s80,760#23 (1942)#35
1950s148,205#27 (1953)#29
1960s134,989#27 (1962)#31
1970s65,155#36 (1970)#51
1980s41,746#62 (1980)#76
1990s21,972#103 (1990)#166
2000s8,661#274 (2000)#352
2010s4,487#485 (2010)#591
2020s1,929#737 (2021)#783

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.

Douglas in 1966

girls
#1,669
45 births · 1 in 37,604 girls
boys
#33
11,401 births · 1 in 156 boys

Top girls' names in 1966

  1. #1Lisa56,918
  2. #2Kimberly32,232
  3. #3Mary28,890
  4. #4Michelle27,159
  5. #5Karen25,450
  6. #6Susan23,776
  7. #7Patricia20,112
  8. #8Tammy18,621
  9. #9Angela18,532
  10. #10Jennifer18,215
  11. #1,669Douglas45

Top boys' names in 1966

  1. #1Michael79,985
  2. #2David66,408
  3. #3James65,163
  4. #4John65,016
  5. #5Robert59,317
  6. #6William38,237
  7. #7Mark34,801
  8. #8Richard34,457
  9. #9Jeffrey30,200
  10. #10Thomas29,003
  11. #33Douglas11,401
More about 1966

girls

1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 37,604 of them was named Douglas, which outranked 78.1% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Douglas
  1. #1,646Taryn46
  2. #1,646Timi46
  3. #1,646Zandra46
  4. #1,669Douglas45
  5. #1,669Alexia45
  6. #1,669Bettye45
  7. #1,669Carlette45
  8. #1,700Alva44
  9. #1,700Carl44
  10. #1,700Cecily44

Tied with 30 names at #1,669; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. 6,121Tabatha#6,539#418
  2. 1,469Tabitha#1,993#524
  3. 1,325Joell#2,247#922
  4. 1,047Tatia#1,715#668
  5. 969Nichole#1,829#860
Fallers
  1. 398Barb#815#1,213
  2. 310Jewell#952#1,262
  3. 288Roxie#944#1,232
  4. 284Aretha#818#1,102
  5. 280Kecia#392#672

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

boys

1,783,461 boys got a published name in 1966; 1 in 156 of them was named Douglas, which outranked 99.3% of the 4,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Douglas
  1. #30Edward13,279
  2. #31Patrick12,405
  3. #32Keith11,614
  4. #33Douglas11,401
  5. #34Matthew10,803
  6. #35Rodney10,268
  7. #36Andrew10,235
Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. 1,207Jarrod#1,720#513
  2. 893Heath#1,254#361
  3. 467Illya#1,294#827
  4. 419Jarrett#1,294#875
  5. 399Reynold#1,360#961
Fallers
  1. 464Quint#986#1,450
  2. 303Dario#934#1,237
  3. 299Darran#1,000#1,299
  4. 281Artie#897#1,178
  5. 268Daryn#716#984

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

See the top 100 for 1966