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
- Peak · boys
- 1942 · 116 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,769since 1883
Douglass over time
Rank among boys' names. Douglass has never cracked the top 500 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 | — | #9,894 | 7 | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #10,803 | 6 | |
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | — | #8,840 | 8 | |
| 2016 | — | #9,664 | 7 | |
| 2015 | — | #8,744 | 8 | |
| 2014 | — | #9,642 | 7 | |
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,158 | 9 | |
| 2011 | — | #8,079 | 9 | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #9,864 | 7 | |
| 2008 | — | #9,019 | 8 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,094 | 11 | |
| 2006 | — | #12,055 | 5 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,640 | 9 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,976 | 10 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,877 | 12 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,131 | 14 | |
| 2001 | — | #5,390 | 13 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,573 | 16 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,341 | 16 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,413 | 15 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,877 | 17 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,293 | 21 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,923 | 24 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,109 | 22 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,697 | 26 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,174 | 35 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,143 | 34 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,500 | 57 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,919 | 38 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,467 | 52 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,612 | 43 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,617 | 40 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,354 | 51 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,458 | 43 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,253 | 54 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,487 | 42 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,294 | 51 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,047 | 74 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,221 | 56 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,060 | 67 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,079 | 64 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,304 | 46 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,084 | 60 | |
| 1974 | — | #953 | 73 | |
| 1973 | — | #914 | 77 | |
| 1972 | — | #813 | 97 | |
| 1971 | — | #742 | 121 | |
| 1970 | — | #709 | 137 | |
| 1969 | — | #687 | 132 | |
| 1968 | — | #726 | 106 | |
| 1967 | — | #875 | 67 | |
| 1966 | — | #853 | 72 | |
| 1965 | — | #926 | 64 | |
| 1964 | — | #854 | 79 | |
| 1963 | — | #825 | 84 | |
| 1962 | — | #750 | 103 | |
| 1961 | — | #808 | 89 | |
| 1960 | — | #788 | 94 | |
| 1959 | — | #756 | 101 | |
| 1958 | — | #747 | 97 | |
| 1957 | — | #700 | 118 | |
| 1956 | — | #692 | 114 | |
| 1955 | — | #732 | 99 | |
| 1954 | — | #669 | 116 | |
| 1953 | — | #696 | 105 | |
| 1952 | — | #634 | 122 | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #651 | 117 |
| 1950 | — | #668 | 109 | |
| 1949 | — | #590 | 132 | |
| 1948 | — | #636 | 113 | |
| 1947 | — | #690 | 101 | |
| 1946 | — | #711 | 84 | |
| 1945 | — | #767 | 64 | |
| 1944 | — | #735 | 71 | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #714 | 81 |
| 1942 | — | #575 | 116 | |
| 1941 | — | #870 | 53 | |
| 1940 | — | #850 | 55 | |
| 1939 | — | #811 | 56 | |
| 1938 | — | #700 | 75 | |
| 1937 | — | #922 | 46 | |
| 1936 | — | #972 | 41 | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #1,057 | 37 |
| 1934 | — | #917 | 47 | |
| 1933 | — | #980 | 42 | |
| 1932 | — | #888 | 52 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,078 | 39 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,007 | 46 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,214 | 33 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,272 | 32 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,248 | 34 | |
| 1926 | — | #963 | 50 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,144 | 38 | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #1,071 | 44 |
| 1923 | — | #1,101 | 42 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,058 | 44 | |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #1,140 | 39 |
| 1920 | — | #1,020 | 46 | |
| 1919 | — | #959 | 49 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,152 | 36 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,175 | 33 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,058 | 37 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,306 | 26 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,342 | 20 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,075 | 22 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,527 | 11 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,290 | 8 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,277 | 6 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | #930 | 9 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,162 | 6 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #978 | 6 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #815 | 7 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #799 | 6 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
Where Douglass is popular in 1932
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maryland#207 · 1 in 2,345
- Pennsylvania#485 · 1 in 14,733
- New York#537 · 1 in 14,765
Best ever in a state: #196 in Maine, 1951.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #207 | 5 | 1 in 2,345 |
| Pennsylvania | #485 | 5 | 1 in 14,733 |
| New York | #537 | 6 | 1 in 14,765 |
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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 Douglass
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 295 spots in 1942 (#870 → #575)
- Biggest drop: 443 spots in 1908 (#930 → #1,373)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1942 at #575 (116 births)
- Births halved by 1976, 34 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1936–1974
- 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%)
- 19.0% of all boys named Douglass (1,098) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 13 | #799 (1883) | #807 |
| 1890s | 11 | #978 (1895) | #1,022 |
| 1900s | 26 | #930 (1907) | #1,186 |
| 1910s | 247 | #959 (1919) | #1,247 |
| 1920s | 402 | #963 (1926) | #1,123 |
| 1930s | 481 | #700 (1938) | #933 |
| 1940s | 870 | #575 (1942) | #714 |
| 1950s | 1,098 | #634 (1952) | #695 |
| 1960s | 890 | #687 (1969) | #809 |
| 1970s | 798 | #709 (1970) | #988 |
| 1980s | 488 | #1,047 (1980) | #1,451 |
| 1990s | 267 | #1,500 (1990) | #3,047 |
| 2000s | 105 | #4,573 (2000) | #7,362 |
| 2010s | 66 | #8,079 (2011) | #9,527 |
| 2020s | 7 | #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 1932
Top boys' names in 1932
More about 1932
boys
1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 20,080 of them was named Douglass, which outranked 79.3% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).