Douglas

Last seen for girls in 2004 at #14,179 · #807 for boys in 2025, 308 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1942 · 11,233 births
Debut · boys
29 births
In top 100 · boys
61 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
560,013
since 1880

Douglas over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201925peak #23, 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—#807308
2024—#848286
2023—#743354
2022—#827300
2021—#737347
2020—#737334
2019—#684374
2018—#673373
2017—#629413
2016—#603447
2015—#615437
2014—#598458
2013—#541492
2012—#570452
2011—#513505
2010—#485536
2009—#462589
2008—#424687
2007—#394757
2006—#361824
2005—#359822
2004#14,1796#353799
2003—#307976
2002—#305953
2001—#2821,081
2000—#2741,173
1999—#2471,290
1998—#2271,403
1997—#2011,586
1996#13,5185#1811,793
1995—#1681,947
1994#13,4305#1562,162
1993#7,03812#1392,461
1992#13,3175#1272,630
1991#7,98710#1093,156
1990#6,46513#1033,544
1989#5,04917#923,700
1988#3,16531#883,655
1987#3,62424#853,804
1986#4,72416#823,763
1985#2,70435#764,021
1984#2,67734#714,142
1983#2,78331#694,182
1982#3,17227#684,511
1981#2,65734#644,788
1980#3,00229#625,180
1979#2,93129#585,167
1978#2,74130#595,151
1977#2,71530#595,297
1976#3,09523#565,224
1975#2,45632#555,345
1974#3,11022#535,843
1973#2,75325#476,595
1972#2,02239#437,387
1971#1,96643#398,737
1970#1,95243#3610,409
1969#1,95541#3411,237
1968#1,70847#3311,405
1967#1,53753#3311,434
1966#1,66945#3311,401
1965#1,57550#3212,787
1964#2,04034#3114,600
1963#2,17230#2815,086
1962#1,78241#2715,928
1961#1,59850#2815,978
1960#1,98233#3015,133
1959#1,47853#3015,290
1958#2,20926#3015,798
1957#1,84235#3016,730
1956#1,89732#2916,389
1955#1,97829#2915,311
1954#2,45020#2914,703
1953#2,17323#2714,138
1952#2,07424#2813,680
1951#1,74031#2713,902
1950#1,91125#2812,264
1949#2,21220#2911,322
1948#1,52037#339,468
1947#2,35418#319,895
1946#2,09420#348,336
1945#1,82521#297,394
1944#1,74223#346,998
1943#1,59128#288,236
1942#1,30038#2311,233
1941#2,01817#534,146
1940#1,90018#563,732
1939#2,9229#583,564
1938#2,02116#603,508
1937#3,1468#742,610
1936#2,26313#782,374
1935#2,00616#752,529
1934#2,00316#722,541
1933#2,16114#812,252
1932#2,23514#852,284
1931#1,80319#852,203
1930#1,49927#892,166
1929#1,70422#971,965
1928#1,89720#1021,912
1927#2,33915#1041,821
1926#2,16517#1021,778
1925#1,79523#1031,677
1924#1,77024#1051,676
1923#2,09118#1081,613
1922#3,3799#1061,636
1921#2,28216#1111,566
1920#1,88921#1061,657
1919#1,60425#1211,328
1918#2,37614#1151,432
1917#1,84719#138981
1916#2,13315#151815
1915#2,25513#158734
1914#2,26510#175502
1913#2,1649#163428
1912#1,9819#165350
1911—#181169
1910—#172169
1909—#181126
1908#2,1015#190111
1907—#19799
1906—#18399
1905—#20585
1904#1,8775#23764
1903—#168100
1902—#20476
1901—#17683
1900—#189107
1899—#18773
1898—#20771
1897—#22258
1896—#20972
1895—#22361
1894—#20766
1893—#22656
1892—#23557
1891—#28333
1890—#27938
1889—#26639
1888—#24550
1887—#27634
1886—#28835
1885—#30730
1884—#28836
1883—#28433
1882—#30732
1881—#43116
1880—#31429
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Douglas was already there! It came in at #314, and was given to 29 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 17 boys a year got the name.

Where Douglas is popular in 1925

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Douglas, so not publishedAKMaine: #94 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 430 boysMEVermont: #61 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 248 boysVTNew Hampshire: #96 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 550 boysNHWashington: #70 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 307 boysWAIdaho: #71 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 288 boysIDMontana: #85 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 401 boysMTNorth Dakota: #89 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 341 boysNDMinnesota: #70 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 261 boysMNIllinois: #167 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 1,257 boysILWisconsin: #84 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 377 boysWIMichigan: #64 for boys · 121 births · 1 in 326 boysMINew York: #93 for boys · 166 births · 1 in 576 boysNYMassachusetts: #108 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 877 boysMARhode Island: #103 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 673 boysRIOregon: #97 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 459 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Douglas, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Douglas, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #116 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 533 boysSDIowa: #125 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 708 boysIAIndiana: #158 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,226 boysINOhio: #152 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 1,264 boysOHPennsylvania: #161 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 1,731 boysPANew Jersey: #110 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 803 boysNJConnecticut: #78 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 528 boysCTCalifornia: #78 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 416 boysCAUtah: #34 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 130 boysUTColorado: #163 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 963 boysCONebraska: #129 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 659 boysNEMissouri: #163 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 1,140 boysMOKentucky: #108 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 632 boysKYWest Virginia: #163 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,101 boysWVVirginia: #67 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 333 boysVAMaryland: #94 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 632 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Douglas, so not publishedDEArizona: #136 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 538 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Douglas, so not publishedNMKansas: #138 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 790 boysKSArkansas: #213 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,392 boysARTennessee: #95 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 540 boysTNNorth Carolina: #129 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 710 boysNCSouth Carolina: #118 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 663 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Douglas, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #154 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 850 boysOKLouisiana: #126 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 645 boysLAMississippi: #105 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 530 boysMSAlabama: #117 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 633 boysALGeorgia: #110 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 644 boysGAHawaii: #104 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 401 boysHITexas: #104 for boys · 111 births · 1 in 498 boysTXFlorida: #118 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 600 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#34 · 1 in 130
  2. Vermont#61 · 1 in 248
  3. Michigan#64 · 1 in 326
  4. Virginia#67 · 1 in 333
  5. Minnesota#70 · 1 in 261

Best ever in a state: #10 in South Dakota, 1951.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#34391 in 130
Vermont#61101 in 248
Michigan#641211 in 326
Virginia#67701 in 333
Minnesota#70821 in 261
Washington#70321 in 307
Idaho#71121 in 288
California#78881 in 416
Connecticut#78231 in 528
Wisconsin#84631 in 377
Montana#85101 in 401
North Dakota#89181 in 341
New York#931661 in 576
Maine#94151 in 430
Maryland#94211 in 632
Tennessee#95451 in 540
New Hampshire#9661 in 550
Oregon#97131 in 459
Rhode Island#10381 in 673
Hawaii#10481 in 401
Texas#1041111 in 498
Mississippi#105361 in 530
Kentucky#108411 in 632
Massachusetts#108391 in 877
Georgia#110441 in 644
New Jersey#110371 in 803
South Dakota#116111 in 533
Alabama#117421 in 633
Florida#118221 in 600
South Carolina#118291 in 663
Iowa#125291 in 708
Louisiana#126301 in 645
Nebraska#129181 in 659
North Carolina#129481 in 710
Arizona#13671 in 538
Kansas#138201 in 790
Ohio#152421 in 1,264
Oklahoma#154271 in 850
Indiana#158211 in 1,226
Pennsylvania#161511 in 1,731
Colorado#16391 in 963
Missouri#163261 in 1,140
West Virginia#163161 in 1,101
Illinois#167471 in 1,257
Arkansas#213131 in 1,392
Alaska———
Delaware———
District of Columbia———
Nevada———
New Mexico———
Wyoming———

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 Douglas
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 41 spots since 2024 (#848 → #807)
  • 70 spots since 2020 (#737 → #807)
  • 192 spots since 2015 (#615 → #807)
  • Biggest jump: 124 spots in 1882 (#431 → #307)
  • Biggest drop: 117 spots in 1881 (#314 → #431)
Rise & fade · boys
62 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1942 at #23 (11,233 births)
  • Births halved by 1975, 33 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 61 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 61 yrs · run 1929–1989
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 123
  • Highest: 1 in 123 boys born in 1942 were named Douglas (0.81%)
  • Latest: 1 in 5,546 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 26.5% of all boys named Douglas (148,205) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s334#245 (1888)#301
1890s585#187 (1899)#228
1900s950#168 (1903)#193
1910s6,908#115 (1918)#154
1920s17,301#97 (1929)#104
1930s26,031#58 (1939)#76
1940s80,760#23 (1942)#35
1950s148,205#27 (1953)#29
1960s134,989#27 (1962)#31
1970s65,155#36 (1970)#51
1980s41,746#62 (1980)#76
1990s21,972#103 (1990)#166
2000s8,661#274 (2000)#352
2010s4,487#485 (2010)#591
2020s1,929#737 (2021)#783

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.

Douglas in 1925

girls
#1,795
23 births · 1 in 52,930 girls
boys
#103
1,677 births · 1 in 665 boys

Top girls' names in 1925

  1. #1Mary70,586
  2. #2Dorothy38,570
  3. #3Betty32,812
  4. #4Helen29,173
  5. #5Margaret24,463
  6. #6Ruth22,247
  7. #7Virginia17,490
  8. #8Doris16,075
  9. #9Mildred14,453
  10. #10Elizabeth13,936
  11. #1,795Douglas23

Top boys' names in 1925

  1. #1Robert60,895
  2. #2John57,195
  3. #3William53,310
  4. #4James52,680
  5. #5Charles29,580
  6. #6George26,560
  7. #7Joseph24,613
  8. #8Richard23,269
  9. #9Edward20,090
  10. #10Donald19,193
  11. #103Douglas1,677
More about 1925

girls

1,217,384 girls got a published name in 1925; 1 in 52,930 of them was named Douglas, which outranked 68.9% of the 5,771 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Douglas
  1. #1,748Wilmer24
  2. #1,748Yoshie24
  3. #1,748Yuriko24
  4. #1,795Douglas23
  5. #1,795Anner23
  6. #1,795Anona23
  7. #1,795Apolonia23
  8. #1,847Adel22
  9. #1,847Alvie22
  10. #1,847Annelle22

Tied with 51 names at #1,795; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1924
Risers
  1. ↑ 605Nanette#1,475 → #870
  2. ↑ 417Paulina#1,258 → #841
  3. ↑ 353Estela#1,258 → #905
  4. ↑ 323Delois#1,123 → #800
  5. ↑ 313Veola#1,301 → #988
Fallers
  1. ↓ 610Kathlyn#999 → #1,609
  2. ↓ 396Izetta#951 → #1,347
  3. ↓ 355Loma#941 → #1,296
  4. ↓ 345Phylis#880 → #1,225
  5. ↓ 309Eris#728 → #1,037

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

boys

1,115,919 boys got a published name in 1925; 1 in 665 of them was named Douglas, which outranked 97.9% of the 4,867 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Douglas
  1. #100Johnnie1,744
  2. #101Eddie1,732
  3. #102Claude1,696
  4. #103Douglas1,677
  5. #104Ronald1,674
  6. #105Gilbert1,656
  7. #106Don1,653
Biggest movers since 1924
Risers
  1. ↑ 548Okey#1,532 → #984
  2. ↑ 494Eddy#1,492 → #998
  3. ↑ 422Terrence#1,223 → #801
  4. ↑ 371Hughie#1,355 → #984
  5. ↑ 363Rexford#1,287 → #924
Fallers
  1. ↓ 444Baxter#916 → #1,360
  2. ↓ 429Adelbert#817 → #1,246
  3. ↓ 407Jonnie#925 → #1,332
  4. ↓ 406Faustino#984 → #1,390
  5. ↓ 387Deward#859 → #1,246

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

See the top 100 for 1925 →