Doug — boys' name

What the Data Says About Doug

The Social Security Administration has registered 22,472 babies named Doug between 1918 and 2023, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Doug currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 1,843 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Doug performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 11,895 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Doug shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,729 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Doug in 45 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Doug in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 22,472 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.