Meaning not yet researched.
Douglas: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 308 in 2025. Its best rank was #23 in 1942.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #23 in 1942; #807 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Douglas in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#807 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1942, at #23.
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Douglas: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 308 boys in 2025. Peak: #23 in 1942 · most boys in one year: 16,730 (1957).
In 2025, 308 US boys were named Douglas, making it the 807th most common boys’ name of the year, up 41 places from #848 in 2024. That is 22 more than the 286 boys named Douglas in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #23, reached in 1942. The most boys given the name in a single year was 16,730, in 1957. For comparison, it was #615 in 2015 and #28 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Douglas in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 29 babies with the name. In all, 562,086 US babies have been given the name, 0.4% of them girls and 99.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 148,503 babies named Douglas.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,536 US boys were named Douglas; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 447. In 2025 that was about 1 in 5,546 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Douglas ranked highest in Massachusetts in 2025, at #418 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Doug (22,473 babies since 1880) and Douglass (5,795 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Dougles, Duglas and Douglus are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Doug.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Dougles (300), Duglas (207), Douglus (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 28 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 12 | #418 | #455 |
| Pennsylvania | 19 | #511 | #594 |
| Virginia | 12 | #596 | #553 |
| Tennessee | 12 | #603 | #599 |
| Washington | 10 | #651 | #547 |
| South Carolina | 6 | #684 | #495 |
| Alabama | 6 | #704 | #580 |
| Wisconsin | 6 | #712 | — |
| New York | 20 | #723 | #512 |
| Ohio | 12 | #724 | #518 |
| Oklahoma | 5 | #725 | — |
| Michigan | 9 | #787 | #543 |
| Colorado | 6 | #790 | — |
| Arizona | 7 | #797 | #686 |
| Georgia | 11 | #808 | #445 |
| Florida | 18 | #819 | #731 |
| Minnesota | 5 | #838 | #659 |
| New Jersey | 7 | #850 | #521 |
| Illinois | 8 | #957 | #649 |
| California | 23 | #966 | #735 |
| Indiana | 5 | #978 | #828 |
| Texas | 24 | #984 | #645 |
| North Carolina | 7 | #1,059 | #673 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 308 | #807 |
| 2024 | — | — | 286 | #848 |
| 2023 | — | — | 354 | #744 |
| 2022 | — | — | 300 | #827 |
| 2021 | — | — | 347 | #737 |
| 2020 | — | — | 334 | #737 |
| 2019 | — | — | 374 | #685 |
| 2018 | — | — | 373 | #673 |
| 2017 | — | — | 413 | #629 |
| 2016 | — | — | 447 | #603 |
| 2015 | — | — | 437 | #615 |
| 2014 | — | — | 458 | #598 |
| 2013 | — | — | 492 | #541 |
| 2012 | — | — | 452 | #571 |
| 2011 | — | — | 505 | #514 |
| 2010 | — | — | 536 | #485 |
| 2009 | — | — | 589 | #462 |
| 2008 | — | — | 687 | #424 |
| 2007 | — | — | 757 | #394 |
| 2006 | — | — | 824 | #362 |
| 2005 | — | — | 822 | #359 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,663 | 799 | #353 |
| 2003 | — | — | 976 | #307 |
| 2002 | — | — | 953 | #305 |
| 2001 | — | — | 1,081 | #282 |
| 2000 | — | — | 1,173 | #274 |
| 1999 | — | — | 1,290 | #247 |
| 1998 | — | — | 1,403 | #227 |
| 1997 | — | — | 1,586 | #201 |
| 1996 | 5 | #14,135 | 1,793 | #181 |
| 1995 | — | — | 1,947 | #168 |
| 1994 | 5 | #14,072 | 2,162 | #156 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,153 | 2,461 | #139 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,909 | 2,630 | #127 |
| 1991 | 10 | #8,141 | 3,156 | #109 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,574 | 3,544 | #103 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,107 | 3,700 | #92 |
| 1988 | 31 | #3,177 | 3,655 | #88 |
| 1987 | 24 | #3,649 | 3,804 | #85 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,788 | 3,763 | #82 |
| 1985 | 35 | #2,718 | 4,021 | #76 |
| 1984 | 34 | #2,691 | 4,142 | #71 |
| 1983 | 31 | #2,803 | 4,182 | #69 |
| 1982 | 27 | #3,197 | 4,511 | #68 |
| 1981 | 34 | #2,672 | 4,788 | #64 |
| 1980 | 29 | #3,016 | 5,180 | #62 |
| 1979 | 29 | #2,948 | 5,167 | #58 |
| 1978 | 30 | #2,759 | 5,151 | #59 |
| 1977 | 30 | #2,734 | 5,297 | #59 |
| 1976 | 23 | #3,117 | 5,224 | #56 |
| 1975 | 32 | #2,471 | 5,345 | #55 |
| 1974 | 22 | #3,135 | 5,843 | #53 |
| 1973 | 25 | #2,774 | 6,595 | #47 |
| 1972 | 39 | #2,031 | 7,387 | #43 |
| 1971 | 43 | #1,979 | 8,737 | #39 |
| 1970 | 43 | #1,959 | 10,409 | #36 |
| 1969 | 41 | #1,961 | 11,237 | #34 |
| 1968 | 47 | #1,717 | 11,405 | #33 |
| 1967 | 53 | #1,542 | 11,434 | #33 |
| 1966 | 45 | #1,675 | 11,401 | #33 |
| 1965 | 50 | #1,580 | 12,787 | #32 |
| 1964 | 34 | #2,046 | 14,600 | #31 |
| 1963 | 30 | #2,178 | 15,086 | #28 |
| 1962 | 41 | #1,793 | 15,928 | #27 |
| 1961 | 50 | #1,604 | 15,978 | #28 |
| 1960 | 33 | #1,991 | 15,133 | #30 |
| 1959 | 53 | #1,481 | 15,290 | #30 |
| 1958 | 26 | #2,225 | 15,798 | #30 |
| 1957 | 35 | #1,850 | 16,730 | #30 |
| 1956 | 32 | #1,906 | 16,389 | #29 |
| 1955 | 29 | #1,989 | 15,311 | #29 |
| 1954 | 20 | #2,466 | 14,703 | #29 |
| 1953 | 23 | #2,188 | 14,138 | #27 |
| 1952 | 24 | #2,086 | 13,680 | #28 |
| 1951 | 31 | #1,746 | 13,902 | #27 |
| 1950 | 25 | #1,922 | 12,264 | #28 |
| 1949 | 20 | #2,230 | 11,322 | #29 |
| 1948 | 37 | #1,523 | 9,468 | #33 |
| 1947 | 18 | #2,374 | 9,895 | #31 |
| 1946 | 20 | #2,108 | 8,336 | #34 |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,839 | 7,394 | #29 |
| 1944 | 23 | #1,759 | 6,998 | #34 |
| 1943 | 28 | #1,602 | 8,236 | #28 |
| 1942 | 38 | #1,306 | 11,233 | #23 |
| 1941 | 17 | #2,037 | 4,146 | #53 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,910 | 3,732 | #56 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,977 | 3,564 | #58 |
| 1938 | 16 | #2,042 | 3,508 | #60 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,221 | 2,610 | #74 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,300 | 2,374 | #78 |
| 1935 | 16 | #2,023 | 2,529 | #75 |
| 1934 | 16 | #2,019 | 2,541 | #72 |
| 1933 | 14 | #2,193 | 2,252 | #81 |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,269 | 2,284 | #85 |
| 1931 | 19 | #1,817 | 2,203 | #85 |
| 1930 | 27 | #1,507 | 2,166 | #89 |
| 1929 | 22 | #1,722 | 1,965 | #97 |
| 1928 | 20 | #1,919 | 1,912 | #102 |
| 1927 | 15 | #2,362 | 1,821 | #104 |
| 1926 | 17 | #2,187 | 1,778 | #103 |
| 1925 | 23 | #1,809 | 1,677 | #103 |
| 1924 | 24 | #1,779 | 1,676 | #105 |
| 1923 | 18 | #2,109 | 1,613 | #108 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,451 | 1,636 | #106 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,314 | 1,566 | #111 |
| 1920 | 21 | #1,901 | 1,657 | #106 |
| 1919 | 25 | #1,611 | 1,328 | #121 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,413 | 1,432 | #115 |
| 1917 | 19 | #1,863 | 981 | #138 |
| 1916 | 15 | #2,162 | 815 | #151 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,291 | 734 | #158 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,307 | 502 | #175 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,199 | 428 | #163 |
| 1912 | 9 | #2,021 | 350 | #165 |
| 1911 | — | — | 169 | #181 |
| 1910 | — | — | 169 | #172 |
| 1909 | — | — | 126 | #181 |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,197 | 111 | #191 |
| 1907 | — | — | 99 | #197 |
| 1906 | — | — | 99 | #183 |
| 1905 | — | — | 85 | #207 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,964 | 64 | #237 |
| 1903 | — | — | 100 | #168 |
| 1902 | — | — | 76 | #205 |
| 1901 | — | — | 83 | #177 |
| 1900 | — | — | 107 | #191 |
| 1899 | — | — | 73 | #187 |
| 1898 | — | — | 71 | #207 |
| 1897 | — | — | 58 | #227 |
| 1896 | — | — | 72 | #209 |
| 1895 | — | — | 61 | #224 |
| 1894 | — | — | 66 | #207 |
| 1893 | — | — | 56 | #227 |
| 1892 | — | — | 57 | #235 |
| 1891 | — | — | 33 | #284 |
| 1890 | — | — | 38 | #280 |
| 1889 | — | — | 39 | #267 |
| 1888 | — | — | 50 | #246 |
| 1887 | — | — | 34 | #280 |
| 1886 | — | — | 35 | #290 |
| 1885 | — | — | 30 | #308 |
| 1884 | — | — | 36 | #289 |
| 1883 | — | — | 33 | #284 |
| 1882 | — | — | 32 | #309 |
| 1881 | — | — | 16 | #434 |
| 1880 | — | — | 29 | #314 |
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).