Doug
Last seen for girls in 1968 at #7,016 · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821
Given to boys >99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1962 · 1,843 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 22,468since 1918
Doug over time
Rank among boys' names. Doug has never cracked the top 100 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 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #10,760 | 6 | |
| 2017 | — | #9,696 | 7 | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | #10,644 | 6 | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,864 | 8 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #7,692 | 10 | |
| 2008 | — | #11,037 | 6 | |
| 2007 | — | #9,788 | 7 | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | #7,245 | 9 | |
| 2002 | — | #8,456 | 7 | |
| 2001 | — | #7,536 | 8 | |
| 2000 | — | #7,416 | 8 | |
| 1999 | — | #6,530 | 9 | |
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,100 | 9 | |
| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,501 | 10 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,868 | 9 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,447 | 13 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,920 | 15 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,105 | 20 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,607 | 16 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,989 | 20 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,203 | 16 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,215 | 26 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,962 | 30 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,485 | 45 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,979 | 27 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,314 | 50 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,539 | 40 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,133 | 65 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,089 | 69 | |
| 1979 | — | #926 | 90 | |
| 1978 | — | #945 | 84 | |
| 1977 | — | #856 | 100 | |
| 1976 | — | #776 | 114 | |
| 1975 | — | #747 | 125 | |
| 1974 | — | #603 | 176 | |
| 1973 | — | #567 | 197 | |
| 1972 | — | #492 | 255 | |
| 1971 | — | #445 | 340 | |
| 1970 | — | #385 | 437 | |
| 1969 | — | #350 | 512 | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #314 | 581 |
| 1967 | — | #292 | 625 | |
| 1966 | — | #280 | 684 | |
| 1965 | — | #227 | 1,028 | |
| 1964 | — | #199 | 1,409 | |
| 1963 | — | #174 | 1,689 | |
| 1962 | — | #170 | 1,843 | |
| 1961 | — | #172 | 1,817 | |
| 1960 | — | #182 | 1,704 | |
| 1959 | — | #179 | 1,701 | |
| 1958 | — | #201 | 1,393 | |
| 1957 | — | #254 | 882 | |
| 1956 | — | #367 | 404 | |
| 1955 | — | #494 | 222 | |
| 1954 | — | #545 | 178 | |
| 1953 | — | #624 | 132 | |
| 1952 | — | #653 | 112 | |
| 1951 | — | #584 | 141 | |
| 1950 | — | #494 | 183 | |
| 1949 | — | #426 | 254 | |
| 1948 | — | #379 | 324 | |
| 1947 | — | #350 | 378 | |
| 1946 | — | #369 | 310 | |
| 1945 | — | #404 | 222 | |
| 1944 | — | #428 | 202 | |
| 1943 | — | #390 | 243 | |
| 1942 | — | #401 | 229 | |
| 1941 | — | #691 | 79 | |
| 1940 | — | #653 | 85 | |
| 1939 | — | #681 | 76 | |
| 1938 | — | #779 | 62 | |
| 1937 | — | #932 | 45 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,118 | 34 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,078 | 36 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,425 | 23 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,330 | 25 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,777 | 17 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,328 | 11 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,444 | 11 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,247 | 7 | |
| 1928 | — | #4,151 | 5 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,912 | 9 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | #3,867 | 6 | |
| 1923 | — | — | ||
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| 1921 | — | #3,869 | 6 | |
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | #3,736 | 6 | |
| 1918 | — | #4,179 | 5 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Doug! It came in at #4,179, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1920, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Doug is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Wisconsin#392 · 1 in 6,426
- Pennsylvania#651 · 1 in 14,673
- California#1,333 · 1 in 33,785
Best ever in a state: #59 in Idaho, 1963.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | #392 | 5 | 1 in 6,426 |
| Pennsylvania | #651 | 5 | 1 in 14,673 |
| California | #1,333 | 5 | 1 in 33,785 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
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| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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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 Doug
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 290 spots in 1942 (#691 → #401)
- Biggest drop: 163 spots in 1980 (#926 → #1,089)
- Debuted 1918
- Peaked 1962 at #170 (1,843 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1937–1979
- Highest: 1 in 1,123 boys born in 1962 were named Doug (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 285,096 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 52.9% of all boys named Doug (11,892) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 11 | #3,736 (1919) | #3,958 |
| 1920s | 39 | #2,912 (1927) | #3,626 |
| 1930s | 340 | #681 (1939) | #1,389 |
| 1940s | 2,326 | #350 (1947) | #449 |
| 1950s | 5,348 | #179 (1959) | #440 |
| 1960s | 11,892 | #170 (1962) | #236 |
| 1970s | 1,918 | #385 (1970) | #674 |
| 1980s | 388 | #1,089 (1980) | #1,891 |
| 1990s | 111 | #3,105 (1991) | #5,772 |
| 2000s | 55 | #7,245 (2003) | #8,453 |
| 2010s | 34 | #8,864 (2012) | #9,924 |
| 2020s | 6 | #10,821 (2023) | #10,821 |
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.
Doug in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 19,546 of them was named Doug, which outranked 86.0% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).