Meaning not yet researched.
Doug: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #170 in 1962.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Fewer than five US boys were given it in 2025. It peaked at #170 in 1962. No US babies were recorded with the name Doug in 2025.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
Given to fewer than five US boys in 2025; it peaked at #170 in 1962.
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Doug: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 boys in 2025. Peak: #170 in 1962 · most boys in one year: 1,843 (1962).
Fewer than five US boys were named Doug in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #170, reached in 1962. That year also had the most boys given the name: 1,843. For comparison, it was #11,044 in 2015 and #494 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Doug in 91 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1918 with 5 babies. In all, 22,473 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 11,897 babies named Doug.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 19 US boys were named Doug; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 7.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Douglas (562,086 babies since 1880) and Douglass (5,795 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
No nicknames listed for Doug in the open dataset we use.
Doug is listed as a nickname for Douglas.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | — | — | 6 | #11,193 |
| 2018 | — | — | 6 | #11,141 |
| 2017 | — | — | 7 | #9,961 |
| 2015 | — | — | 6 | #11,044 |
| 2013 | — | — | 7 | #9,930 |
| 2012 | — | — | 8 | #9,080 |
| 2009 | — | — | 10 | #7,856 |
| 2008 | — | — | 6 | #11,449 |
| 2007 | — | — | 7 | #10,051 |
| 2003 | — | — | 9 | #7,409 |
| 2002 | — | — | 7 | #8,704 |
| 2001 | — | — | 8 | #7,740 |
| 2000 | — | — | 8 | #7,638 |
| 1999 | — | — | 9 | #6,682 |
| 1998 | — | — | 5 | #10,063 |
| 1997 | — | — | 9 | #6,229 |
| 1996 | — | — | 5 | #9,394 |
| 1995 | — | — | 10 | #5,608 |
| 1994 | — | — | 9 | #5,995 |
| 1993 | — | — | 13 | #4,523 |
| 1992 | — | — | 15 | #3,973 |
| 1991 | — | — | 20 | #3,144 |
| 1990 | — | — | 16 | #3,649 |
| 1989 | — | — | 20 | #3,012 |
| 1988 | — | — | 16 | #3,252 |
| 1987 | — | — | 26 | #2,233 |
| 1986 | — | — | 30 | #1,974 |
| 1985 | — | — | 45 | #1,494 |
| 1984 | — | — | 27 | #1,995 |
| 1983 | — | — | 50 | #1,317 |
| 1982 | — | — | 40 | #1,547 |
| 1981 | — | — | 65 | #1,138 |
| 1980 | — | — | 69 | #1,091 |
| 1979 | — | — | 90 | #926 |
| 1978 | — | — | 84 | #946 |
| 1977 | — | — | 100 | #857 |
| 1976 | — | — | 114 | #778 |
| 1975 | — | — | 125 | #748 |
| 1974 | — | — | 176 | #605 |
| 1973 | — | — | 197 | #567 |
| 1972 | — | — | 255 | #493 |
| 1971 | — | — | 340 | #445 |
| 1970 | — | — | 437 | #385 |
| 1969 | — | — | 512 | #350 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,302 | 581 | #314 |
| 1967 | — | — | 625 | #292 |
| 1966 | — | — | 684 | #281 |
| 1965 | — | — | 1,028 | #227 |
| 1964 | — | — | 1,409 | #199 |
| 1963 | — | — | 1,689 | #174 |
| 1962 | — | — | 1,843 | #170 |
| 1961 | — | — | 1,817 | #172 |
| 1960 | — | — | 1,704 | #182 |
| 1959 | — | — | 1,701 | #179 |
| 1958 | — | — | 1,393 | #201 |
| 1957 | — | — | 882 | #254 |
| 1956 | — | — | 404 | #367 |
| 1955 | — | — | 222 | #494 |
| 1954 | — | — | 178 | #545 |
| 1953 | — | — | 132 | #624 |
| 1952 | — | — | 112 | #654 |
| 1951 | — | — | 141 | #584 |
| 1950 | — | — | 183 | #494 |
| 1949 | — | — | 254 | #426 |
| 1948 | — | — | 324 | #379 |
| 1947 | — | — | 378 | #351 |
| 1946 | — | — | 310 | #369 |
| 1945 | — | — | 222 | #404 |
| 1944 | — | — | 202 | #429 |
| 1943 | — | — | 243 | #390 |
| 1942 | — | — | 229 | #401 |
| 1941 | — | — | 79 | #692 |
| 1940 | — | — | 85 | #657 |
| 1939 | — | — | 76 | #682 |
| 1938 | — | — | 62 | #780 |
| 1937 | — | — | 45 | #934 |
| 1936 | — | — | 34 | #1,124 |
| 1935 | — | — | 36 | #1,080 |
| 1934 | — | — | 23 | #1,434 |
| 1933 | — | — | 25 | #1,338 |
| 1932 | — | — | 17 | #1,792 |
| 1931 | — | — | 11 | #2,363 |
| 1930 | — | — | 11 | #2,482 |
| 1929 | — | — | 7 | #3,315 |
| 1928 | — | — | 5 | #4,303 |
| 1927 | — | — | 9 | #2,968 |
| 1926 | — | — | 6 | #3,827 |
| 1924 | — | — | 6 | #4,001 |
| 1921 | — | — | 6 | #3,981 |
| 1919 | — | — | 6 | #3,841 |
| 1918 | — | — | 5 | #4,338 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).