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.
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 1943
Top girls' names in 1943
Top boys' names in 1943
More about 1943
girls
1,395,293 girls got a published name in 1943; 1 in 279,059 of them was named Douglass, which outranked 12.6% of the 5,367 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 676 names at #4,691; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,427,297 boys got a published name in 1943; 1 in 17,621 of them was named Douglass, which outranked 82.3% of the 4,040 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).