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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #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 1934

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Douglas, so not publishedAKMaine: #62 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 261 boysMEVermont: #33 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 122 boysVTNew Hampshire: #74 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 384 boysNHWashington: #43 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 173 boysWAIdaho: #40 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 155 boysIDMontana: #46 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 169 boysMTNorth Dakota: #46 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 185 boysNDMinnesota: #31 for boys · 124 births · 1 in 161 boysMNIllinois: #105 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 688 boysILWisconsin: #47 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 231 boysWIMichigan: #43 for boys · 186 births · 1 in 201 boysMINew York: #65 for boys · 225 births · 1 in 371 boysNYMassachusetts: #66 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 498 boysMARhode Island: #92 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 711 boysRIOregon: #37 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 168 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Douglas, so not publishedNVWyoming: #54 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 192 boysWYSouth Dakota: #75 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 282 boysSDIowa: #78 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 333 boysIAIndiana: #97 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 533 boysINOhio: #86 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 516 boysOHPennsylvania: #138 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 1,262 boysPANew Jersey: #69 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 469 boysNJConnecticut: #60 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 355 boysCTCalifornia: #50 for boys · 154 births · 1 in 231 boysCAUtah: #32 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 122 boysUTColorado: #136 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 735 boysCONebraska: #75 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 336 boysNEMissouri: #123 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 704 boysMOKentucky: #101 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 510 boysKYWest Virginia: #73 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 406 boysWVVirginia: #50 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 235 boysVAMaryland: #73 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 403 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Douglas, so not publishedDEArizona: #125 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 475 boysAZNew Mexico: #205 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 955 boysNMKansas: #106 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 492 boysKSArkansas: #125 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 695 boysARTennessee: #87 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 492 boysTNNorth Carolina: #64 for boys · 105 births · 1 in 329 boysNCSouth Carolina: #86 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 430 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #55 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 271 boysDCOklahoma: #107 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 540 boysOKLouisiana: #105 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 474 boysLAMississippi: #120 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 632 boysMSAlabama: #81 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 421 boysALGeorgia: #97 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 488 boysGAHawaii: #63 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 257 boysHITexas: #87 for boys · 148 births · 1 in 394 boysTXFlorida: #97 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 488 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Minnesota#31 · 1 in 161
  2. Utah#32 · 1 in 122
  3. Vermont#33 · 1 in 122
  4. Oregon#37 · 1 in 168
  5. Idaho#40 · 1 in 155

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Minnesota#311241 in 161
Utah#32391 in 122
Vermont#33191 in 122
Oregon#37321 in 168
Idaho#40241 in 155
Michigan#431861 in 201
Washington#43551 in 173
Montana#46231 in 169
North Dakota#46321 in 185
Wisconsin#471001 in 231
California#501541 in 231
Virginia#50931 in 235
Wyoming#5481 in 192
District of Columbia#55141 in 271
Connecticut#60271 in 355
Maine#62241 in 261
Hawaii#63121 in 257
North Carolina#641051 in 329
New York#652251 in 371
Massachusetts#66571 in 498
New Jersey#69511 in 469
Maryland#73281 in 403
West Virginia#73441 in 406
New Hampshire#7481 in 384
Nebraska#75321 in 336
South Dakota#75191 in 282
Iowa#78571 in 333
Alabama#81661 in 421
Ohio#86891 in 516
South Carolina#86451 in 430
Tennessee#87521 in 492
Texas#871481 in 394
Rhode Island#9261 in 711
Florida#97241 in 488
Georgia#97591 in 488
Indiana#97431 in 533
Kentucky#101521 in 510
Illinois#105741 in 688
Louisiana#105401 in 474
Kansas#106281 in 492
Oklahoma#107421 in 540
Mississippi#120311 in 632
Missouri#123391 in 704
Arizona#12581 in 475
Arkansas#125261 in 695
Colorado#136111 in 735
Pennsylvania#138561 in 1,262
New Mexico#20551 in 955
Alaska———
Delaware———
Nevada———

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 1934

girls
#2,003
16 births · 1 in 65,264 girls
boys
#72
2,541 births · 1 in 406 boys

Top girls' names in 1934

  1. #1Mary56,929
  2. #2Betty31,089
  3. #3Barbara29,239
  4. #4Shirley22,841
  5. #5Dorothy21,281
  6. #6Patricia20,844
  7. #7Joan19,465
  8. #8Margaret15,144
  9. #9Helen14,100
  10. #10Nancy13,520
  11. #2,003Douglas16

Top boys' names in 1934

  1. #1Robert55,843
  2. #2James54,270
  3. #3John46,743
  4. #4William40,175
  5. #5Richard33,167
  6. #6Donald30,408
  7. #7Charles29,790
  8. #8George18,500
  9. #9Thomas17,373
  10. #10Joseph17,111
  11. #72Douglas2,541
More about 1934

girls

1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 65,264 of them was named Douglas, which outranked 59.7% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Douglas
  1. #1,913Wanetta17
  2. #1,913Waunita17
  3. #1,913Willamae17
  4. #2,003Douglas16
  5. #2,003Alfred16
  6. #2,003Allegra16
  7. #2,003Allen16
  8. #2,087Abby15
  9. #2,087Adah15
  10. #2,087Adelaida15

Tied with 83 names at #2,003; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. ↑ 571Luann#1,442 → #871
  2. ↑ 469Alison#1,442 → #973
  3. ↑ 439Golda#1,364 → #925
  4. ↑ 350Ronald#1,244 → #894
  5. ↑ 346Gale#1,102 → #756
Fallers
  1. ↓ 685Nira#463 → #1,148
  2. ↓ 342Vina#782 → #1,124
  3. ↓ 316Zita#947 → #1,263
  4. ↓ 299Myrtie#834 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 278Theola#985 → #1,263

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

boys

1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 406 of them was named Douglas, which outranked 98.3% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Douglas
  1. #69Philip2,784
  2. #70Russell2,736
  3. #71Gordon2,639
  4. #72Douglas2,541
  5. #73Floyd2,533
  6. #74Theodore2,523
  7. #75Bob2,478
Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. ↑ 746Lanny#1,361 → #615
  2. ↑ 630Kerry#1,586 → #956
  3. ↑ 620Marland#1,456 → #836
  4. ↑ 404Kirk#1,202 → #798
  5. ↑ 350Valentin#1,281 → #931
Fallers
  1. ↓ 730Neville#995 → #1,725
  2. ↓ 616Garner#770 → #1,386
  3. ↓ 520Vivian#905 → #1,425
  4. ↓ 488Finis#869 → #1,357
  5. ↓ 464Malcom#961 → #1,425

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

See the top 100 for 1934 →