Meaning not yet researched.
Douglass: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #575 in 1942.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Fewer than five US boys were given it in 2025. It peaked at #575 in 1942. No US babies were recorded with the name Douglass in 2025.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
Given to fewer than five US boys in 2025; it peaked at #575 in 1942.
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Douglass: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 boys in 2025. Peak: #575 in 1942 · most boys in one year: 137 (1970).
Fewer than five US boys were named Douglass in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #575, reached in 1942. The most boys given the name in a single year was 137, in 1970. For comparison, it was #8,964 in 2015 and #670 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Douglass in 118 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1883 with 6 babies. In all, 5,795 US babies have been given the name, 0.4% of them girls and 99.5% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 1,103 babies named Douglass.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 33 US boys were named Douglass; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 8.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Douglas (562,086 babies since 1880) and Doug (22,473 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) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Douglass in the open dataset we use.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | — | 7 | #10,172 |
| 2019 | — | — | 6 | #11,134 |
| 2018 | — | — | 5 | #12,674 |
| 2017 | — | — | 8 | #9,066 |
| 2016 | — | — | 7 | #9,934 |
| 2015 | — | — | 8 | #8,964 |
| 2014 | — | — | 7 | #9,920 |
| 2013 | — | — | 7 | #9,931 |
| 2012 | — | — | 9 | #8,335 |
| 2011 | — | — | 9 | #8,247 |
| 2009 | — | — | 7 | #10,143 |
| 2008 | — | — | 8 | #9,213 |
| 2007 | — | — | 11 | #7,227 |
| 2006 | — | — | 5 | #12,547 |
| 2005 | — | — | 9 | #7,809 |
| 2004 | — | — | 10 | #7,115 |
| 2003 | — | — | 12 | #5,973 |
| 2002 | — | — | 14 | #5,205 |
| 2001 | — | — | 13 | #5,459 |
| 2000 | — | — | 16 | #4,639 |
| 1999 | — | — | 16 | #4,402 |
| 1998 | — | — | 15 | #4,469 |
| 1997 | — | — | 17 | #3,928 |
| 1996 | — | — | 21 | #3,321 |
| 1995 | — | — | 24 | #2,949 |
| 1994 | — | — | 22 | #3,142 |
| 1993 | — | — | 26 | #2,733 |
| 1992 | — | — | 35 | #2,189 |
| 1991 | — | — | 34 | #2,158 |
| 1990 | — | — | 57 | #1,503 |
| 1989 | — | — | 38 | #1,925 |
| 1988 | — | — | 52 | #1,469 |
| 1987 | — | — | 43 | #1,620 |
| 1986 | — | — | 40 | #1,624 |
| 1985 | — | — | 51 | #1,362 |
| 1984 | — | — | 43 | #1,463 |
| 1983 | — | — | 54 | #1,254 |
| 1982 | — | — | 42 | #1,495 |
| 1981 | — | — | 51 | #1,297 |
| 1980 | — | — | 74 | #1,050 |
| 1979 | — | — | 56 | #1,228 |
| 1978 | — | — | 67 | #1,060 |
| 1977 | — | — | 64 | #1,084 |
| 1976 | — | — | 46 | #1,304 |
| 1975 | — | — | 60 | #1,087 |
| 1974 | — | — | 73 | #956 |
| 1973 | — | — | 77 | #918 |
| 1972 | — | — | 97 | #813 |
| 1971 | — | — | 121 | #742 |
| 1970 | — | — | 137 | #709 |
| 1969 | — | — | 132 | #688 |
| 1968 | — | — | 106 | #726 |
| 1967 | — | — | 67 | #878 |
| 1966 | — | — | 72 | #856 |
| 1965 | — | — | 64 | #927 |
| 1964 | — | — | 79 | #857 |
| 1963 | — | — | 84 | #827 |
| 1962 | — | — | 103 | #755 |
| 1961 | — | — | 89 | #808 |
| 1960 | — | — | 94 | #790 |
| 1959 | — | — | 101 | #756 |
| 1958 | — | — | 97 | #750 |
| 1957 | — | — | 118 | #701 |
| 1956 | — | — | 114 | #693 |
| 1955 | — | — | 99 | #734 |
| 1954 | — | — | 116 | #669 |
| 1953 | — | — | 105 | #697 |
| 1952 | — | — | 122 | #634 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,628 | 117 | #652 |
| 1950 | — | — | 109 | #670 |
| 1949 | — | — | 132 | #592 |
| 1948 | — | — | 113 | #636 |
| 1947 | — | — | 101 | #690 |
| 1946 | — | — | 84 | #712 |
| 1945 | — | — | 64 | #767 |
| 1944 | — | — | 71 | #738 |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,850 | 81 | #715 |
| 1942 | — | — | 116 | #575 |
| 1941 | — | — | 53 | #872 |
| 1940 | — | — | 55 | #850 |
| 1939 | — | — | 56 | #814 |
| 1938 | — | — | 75 | #704 |
| 1937 | — | — | 46 | #924 |
| 1936 | — | — | 41 | #978 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,385 | 37 | #1,063 |
| 1934 | — | — | 47 | #919 |
| 1933 | — | — | 42 | #984 |
| 1932 | — | — | 52 | #894 |
| 1931 | — | — | 39 | #1,080 |
| 1930 | — | — | 46 | #1,010 |
| 1929 | — | — | 33 | #1,222 |
| 1928 | — | — | 32 | #1,277 |
| 1927 | — | — | 34 | #1,253 |
| 1926 | — | — | 50 | #969 |
| 1925 | — | — | 38 | #1,148 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,278 | 44 | #1,075 |
| 1923 | — | — | 42 | #1,103 |
| 1922 | — | — | 44 | #1,061 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,619 | 39 | #1,147 |
| 1920 | — | — | 46 | #1,023 |
| 1919 | — | — | 49 | #962 |
| 1918 | — | — | 36 | #1,158 |
| 1917 | — | — | 33 | #1,183 |
| 1916 | — | — | 37 | #1,062 |
| 1915 | — | — | 26 | #1,316 |
| 1914 | — | — | 20 | #1,354 |
| 1913 | — | — | 22 | #1,083 |
| 1912 | — | — | 11 | #1,553 |
| 1911 | — | — | 8 | #1,309 |
| 1910 | — | — | 5 | #1,658 |
| 1909 | — | — | 6 | #1,317 |
| 1908 | — | — | 5 | #1,439 |
| 1907 | — | — | 9 | #942 |
| 1900 | — | — | 6 | #1,203 |
| 1895 | — | — | 6 | #1,008 |
| 1892 | — | — | 5 | #1,108 |
| 1888 | — | — | 7 | #840 |
| 1883 | — | — | 6 | #822 |
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).