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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201951peak #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 1951

girls
#5,414
5 births · 1 in 360,172 girls
boys
#651
117 births · 1 in 16,093 boys

Top girls' names in 1951

  1. #1Linda73,982
  2. #2Mary65,721
  3. #3Patricia56,446
  4. #4Deborah42,053
  5. #5Barbara40,617
  6. #6Susan40,228
  7. #7Nancy30,346
  8. #8Karen27,998
  9. #9Sandra27,665
  10. #10Kathleen26,716
  11. #5,414Douglass5

Top boys' names in 1951

  1. #1James87,256
  2. #2Robert86,353
  3. #3John81,569
  4. #4Michael72,807
  5. #5David64,788
  6. #6William62,781
  7. #7Richard54,541
  8. #8Thomas48,275
  9. #9Charles39,406
  10. #10Gary38,160
  11. #651Douglass117
More about 1951

girls

1,800,859 girls got a published name in 1951; 1 in 360,172 of them was named Douglass, which outranked 12.9% of the 6,213 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Douglass
  1. #4,833Zollie6
  2. #4,833Zonnie6
  3. #4,833Zorina6
  4. #5,414Douglass5
  5. #5,414Abelina5
  6. #5,414Adlean5
  7. #5,414Adriene5

Tied with 799 names at #5,414; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. 345Rhona#1,333#988
  2. 307Bobbi#1,153#846
  3. 296Ricki#1,090#794
  4. 295Mindy#771#476
  5. 288Sharleen#1,053#765
Fallers
  1. 395Sharman#668#1,063
  2. 343Manuela#773#1,116
  3. 294Allie#945#1,239
  4. 253Merrie#937#1,190
  5. 252Olive#891#1,143

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

boys

1,882,837 boys got a published name in 1951; 1 in 16,093 of them was named Douglass, which outranked 84.7% of the 4,253 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Douglass
  1. #647Seth119
  2. #649Gearld118
  3. #649Stevan118
  4. #651Douglass117
  5. #651Adolph117
  6. #653Mikel116
  7. #653Myles116
  8. #653Stacy116

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. 428Kimberly#1,139#711
  2. 372Cole#1,364#992
  3. 357Wayland#1,272#915
  4. 354Ricki#1,139#785
  5. 346Lou#1,289#943
Fallers
  1. 944Jory#960#1,904
  2. 502Samual#960#1,462
  3. 426Carlyle#918#1,344
  4. 319Shaun#899#1,218
  5. 318Tex#977#1,295

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

See the top 100 for 1951