Douglass

Last seen for girls in 1951 at #5,414 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #9,894
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1942 · 116 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,769
since 1883

Douglass over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Douglass has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #575, 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
2024#9,8947
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019#10,8036
2018#12,1565
2017#8,8408
2016#9,6647
2015#8,7448
2014#9,6427
2013#9,6557
2012#8,1589
2011#8,0799
2010
2009#9,8647
2008#9,0198
2007#7,09411
2006#12,0555
2005#7,6409
2004#6,97610
2003#5,87712
2002#5,13114
2001#5,39013
2000#4,57316
1999#4,34116
1998#4,41315
1997#3,87717
1996#3,29321
1995#2,92324
1994#3,10922
1993#2,69726
1992#2,17435
1991#2,14334
1990#1,50057
1989#1,91938
1988#1,46752
1987#1,61243
1986#1,61740
1985#1,35451
1984#1,45843
1983#1,25354
1982#1,48742
1981#1,29451
1980#1,04774
1979#1,22156
1978#1,06067
1977#1,07964
1976#1,30446
1975#1,08460
1974#95373
1973#91477
1972#81397
1971#742121
1970#709137
1969#687132
1968#726106
1967#87567
1966#85372
1965#92664
1964#85479
1963#82584
1962#750103
1961#80889
1960#78894
1959#756101
1958#74797
1957#700118
1956#692114
1955#73299
1954#669116
1953#696105
1952#634122
1951#5,4145#651117
1950#668109
1949#590132
1948#636113
1947#690101
1946#71184
1945#76764
1944#73571
1943#4,6915#71481
1942#575116
1941#87053
1940#85055
1939#81156
1938#70075
1937#92246
1936#97241
1935#4,2045#1,05737
1934#91747
1933#98042
1932#88852
1931#1,07839
1930#1,00746
1929#1,21433
1928#1,27232
1927#1,24834
1926#96350
1925#1,14438
1924#5,0615#1,07144
1923#1,10142
1922#1,05844
1921#4,4646#1,14039
1920#1,02046
1919#95949
1918#1,15236
1917#1,17533
1916#1,05837
1915#1,30626
1914#1,34220
1913#1,07522
1912#1,52711
1911#1,2908
1910#1,5895
1909#1,2776
1908#1,3735
1907#9309
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900#1,1626
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895#9786
1894
1893
1892#1,0665
1891
1890
1889
1888#8157
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883#7996
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1883

The first year at least five boys were named Douglass! It came in at #799, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1884–1887, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Douglass
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 295 spots in 1942 (#870#575)
  • Biggest drop: 443 spots in 1908 (#930#1,373)
Rise & fade · boys
59 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 1942 at #575 (116 births)
  • Births halved by 1976, 34 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 48 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1936–1974
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,907
  • Highest: 1 in 11,907 boys born in 1942 were named Douglass (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 246,127 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 19.0% of all boys named Douglass (1,098) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s13#799 (1883)#807
1890s11#978 (1895)#1,022
1900s26#930 (1907)#1,186
1910s247#959 (1919)#1,247
1920s402#963 (1926)#1,123
1930s481#700 (1938)#933
1940s870#575 (1942)#714
1950s1,098#634 (1952)#695
1960s890#687 (1969)#809
1970s798#709 (1970)#988
1980s488#1,047 (1980)#1,451
1990s267#1,500 (1990)#3,047
2000s105#4,573 (2000)#7,362
2010s66#8,079 (2011)#9,527
2020s7#9,894 (2024)#9,894

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.

Douglass in 1930

boys
#1,007
46 births · 1 in 23,856 boys

Top boys' names in 1930

  1. #1Robert62,153
  2. #2James53,957
  3. #3John52,447
  4. #4William47,271
  5. #5Richard32,187
  6. #6Charles31,867
  7. #7Donald29,052
  8. #8George22,788
  9. #9Joseph20,981
  10. #10Edward17,352
  11. #1,007Douglass46
More about 1930

boys

1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 23,856 of them was named Douglass, which outranked 77.8% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Douglass
  1. #990Sylvan47
  2. #990Thornton47
  3. #990Trinidad47
  4. #1,007Douglass46
  5. #1,007Angus46
  6. #1,007Armond46
  7. #1,007Denzil46
  8. #1,021Alfonzo45
  9. #1,021Burdette45
  10. #1,021Cliff45

Tied with 13 names at #1,007; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 3,094Derl#3,959#865
  2. 420Clive#1,378#958
  3. 380Farris#1,272#892
  4. 368Earlie#1,296#928
  5. 357Winton#1,272#915
Fallers
  1. 486Americo#729#1,215
  2. 433Enrico#995#1,428
  3. 371Eliseo#844#1,215
  4. 312Meyer#878#1,190
  5. 304Hilbert#869#1,173

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

See the top 100 for 1930