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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #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 1964

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #26 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 101 boysAKMaine: #40 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 154 boysMEVermont: #22 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 76 boysVTNew Hampshire: #29 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 105 boysNHWashington: #20 for boys · 300 births · 1 in 89 boysWAIdaho: #25 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 110 boysIDMontana: #23 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 95 boysMTNorth Dakota: #19 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 86 boysNDMinnesota: #21 for boys · 441 births · 1 in 84 boysMNIllinois: #30 for boys · 828 births · 1 in 128 boysILWisconsin: #25 for boys · 384 births · 1 in 111 boysWIMichigan: #27 for boys · 798 births · 1 in 106 boysMINew York: #35 for boys · 1,116 births · 1 in 154 boysNYMassachusetts: #33 for boys · 399 births · 1 in 135 boysMARhode Island: #39 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 180 boysRIOregon: #20 for boys · 173 births · 1 in 90 boysORNevada: #28 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 101 boysNVWyoming: #43 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 166 boysWYSouth Dakota: #18 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 71 boysSDIowa: #18 for boys · 405 births · 1 in 66 boysIAIndiana: #26 for boys · 509 births · 1 in 100 boysINOhio: #25 for boys · 1,129 births · 1 in 90 boysOHPennsylvania: #30 for boys · 938 births · 1 in 114 boysPANew Jersey: #35 for boys · 491 births · 1 in 126 boysNJConnecticut: #35 for boys · 200 births · 1 in 131 boysCTCalifornia: #33 for boys · 1,138 births · 1 in 161 boysCAUtah: #17 for boys · 121 births · 1 in 90 boysUTColorado: #29 for boys · 175 births · 1 in 115 boysCONebraska: #17 for boys · 215 births · 1 in 66 boysNEMissouri: #26 for boys · 393 births · 1 in 110 boysMOKentucky: #32 for boys · 241 births · 1 in 136 boysKYWest Virginia: #26 for boys · 153 births · 1 in 112 boysWVVirginia: #29 for boys · 321 births · 1 in 133 boysVAMaryland: #31 for boys · 273 births · 1 in 121 boysMDDelaware: #33 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 138 boysDEArizona: #48 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 209 boysAZNew Mexico: #79 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 308 boysNMKansas: #19 for boys · 224 births · 1 in 87 boysKSArkansas: #43 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 180 boysARTennessee: #53 for boys · 182 births · 1 in 211 boysTNNorth Carolina: #43 for boys · 284 births · 1 in 173 boysNCSouth Carolina: #46 for boys · 130 births · 1 in 204 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #35 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 150 boysDCOklahoma: #43 for boys · 133 births · 1 in 162 boysOKLouisiana: #56 for boys · 159 births · 1 in 250 boysLAMississippi: #60 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 249 boysMSAlabama: #49 for boys · 172 births · 1 in 204 boysALGeorgia: #47 for boys · 232 births · 1 in 206 boysGAHawaii: #30 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 123 boysHITexas: #48 for boys · 501 births · 1 in 225 boysTXFlorida: #33 for boys · 338 births · 1 in 156 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Nebraska#17 · 1 in 66
  2. Utah#17 · 1 in 90
  3. Iowa#18 · 1 in 66
  4. South Dakota#18 · 1 in 71
  5. North Dakota#19 · 1 in 86

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nebraska#172151 in 66
Utah#171211 in 90
Iowa#184051 in 66
South Dakota#18951 in 71
Kansas#192241 in 87
North Dakota#19721 in 86
Oregon#201731 in 90
Washington#203001 in 89
Minnesota#214411 in 84
Vermont#22481 in 76
Montana#23691 in 95
Idaho#25541 in 110
Ohio#251,1291 in 90
Wisconsin#253841 in 111
Alaska#26311 in 101
Indiana#265091 in 100
Missouri#263931 in 110
West Virginia#261531 in 112
Michigan#277981 in 106
Nevada#28381 in 101
Colorado#291751 in 115
New Hampshire#29571 in 105
Virginia#293211 in 133
Hawaii#30581 in 123
Illinois#308281 in 128
Pennsylvania#309381 in 114
Maryland#312731 in 121
Kentucky#322411 in 136
California#331,1381 in 161
Delaware#33361 in 138
Florida#333381 in 156
Massachusetts#333991 in 135
Connecticut#352001 in 131
District of Columbia#35941 in 150
New Jersey#354911 in 126
New York#351,1161 in 154
Rhode Island#39481 in 180
Maine#40641 in 154
Arkansas#431061 in 180
North Carolina#432841 in 173
Oklahoma#431331 in 162
Wyoming#43171 in 166
South Carolina#461301 in 204
Georgia#472321 in 206
Arizona#48781 in 209
Texas#485011 in 225
Alabama#491721 in 204
Tennessee#531821 in 211
Louisiana#561591 in 250
Mississippi#601011 in 249
New Mexico#79381 in 308

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 1964

girls
#2,040
34 births · 1 in 55,731 girls
boys
#31
14,600 births · 1 in 136 boys

Top girls' names in 1964

  1. #1Lisa54,270
  2. #2Mary40,985
  3. #3Susan31,515
  4. #4Karen30,243
  5. #5Patricia26,091
  6. #6Kimberly24,128
  7. #7Donna23,808
  8. #8Linda23,629
  9. #9Cynthia20,321
  10. #10Tammy20,043
  11. #2,040Douglas34

Top boys' names in 1964

  1. #1Michael82,617
  2. #2John82,508
  3. #3David75,043
  4. #4James73,026
  5. #5Robert69,980
  6. #6Mark45,261
  7. #7William44,224
  8. #8Richard40,098
  9. #9Thomas34,463
  10. #10Jeffrey30,728
  11. #31Douglas14,600
More about 1964

girls

1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 55,731 of them was named Douglas, which outranked 73.9% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Douglas
  1. #2,011Starlene35
  2. #2,011Tawni35
  3. #2,011Yulanda35
  4. #2,040Douglas34
  5. #2,040Adria34
  6. #2,040Alise34
  7. #2,040Annalisa34
  8. #2,071Alida33
  9. #2,071Alvina33
  10. #2,071Belle33

Tied with 30 names at #2,040; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,987Anjanette#5,891 → #904
  2. ↑ 2,403Deneen#2,619 → #216
  3. ↑ 2,162Denine#3,066 → #904
  4. ↑ 1,303Daneen#2,211 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,137Kecia#1,754 → #617
Fallers
  1. ↓ 341Leisha#993 → #1,334
  2. ↓ 320Cary#973 → #1,293
  3. ↓ 317Lisha#929 → #1,246
  4. ↓ 281Cecile#973 → #1,254
  5. ↓ 276Alexis#790 → #1,066

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

boys

1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 136 of them was named Douglas, which outranked 99.3% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Douglas
  1. #28Todd15,350
  2. #29Stephen14,968
  3. #30Patrick14,692
  4. #31Douglas14,600
  5. #32Eric14,567
  6. #33George11,792
  7. #34Keith11,655
Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. ↑ 864Deron#1,548 → #684
  2. ↑ 653Cassius#1,513 → #860
  3. ↑ 392Kipp#1,215 → #823
  4. ↑ 363Fitzgerald#1,052 → #689
  5. ↑ 334Adrain#1,279 → #945
Fallers
  1. ↓ 286Farrell#886 → #1,172
  2. ↓ 283Tal#813 → #1,096
  3. ↓ 278Laura#921 → #1,199
  4. ↓ 272Pamela#947 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 270Huey#891 → #1,161

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

See the top 100 for 1964 →