Boys' name · since 1880
Douglas
560,013 babies named Douglas in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #59 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #807 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 560,013
- born since 1880
- 1950s
- peak decade
Douglas currently ranks #807 among boys' names in America, with 560,013 babies recorded since 1880.
Douglas has 560,013 recorded births among boys since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #807 as of the latest data, more common than 94% of boys, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #59 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #807 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 560,013 born since 1880
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Douglas ranks #59 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #807 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 560,013 born since 1880, peaking in the 1950s.
- #59 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #807 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 560,013
- born since 1880
- 1950s
- peak decade
Douglas's 560,013 recorded births place it above 99.87% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Douglas compares
560,013 Top 1% higher than 99% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Douglas's all-time total is 1,518x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Douglas | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 560,013 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16,730 | 34 | 22,252 |
Douglas's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Douglas splits its recorded history at 1953: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1881 (16 births) -- compare that against the 1957 peak of 16,730 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Douglas popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1957)
- 16,730
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Douglas popularity over time - girls
2,073 total births recorded since 1904 (Douglas as girls' name)
Douglas by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (148,205 births, 26% of the file).
1950s was Douglas's strongest decade.
148,205 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Douglas births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 334
1880s
334 births
- 1890s 585
1890s
585 births
- 1900s 950
1900s
950 births
- 1910s 6,908
1910s
6,908 births
- 1920s 17,301
1920s
17,301 births
- 1930s 26,031
1930s
26,031 births
- 1940s
1940s
80,760 births
- 1950s
1950s
148,205 births
- 1960s
1960s
134,989 births
- 1970s
1970s
65,155 births
- 1980s 41,746
1980s
41,746 births
- 1990s 21,972
1990s
21,972 births
- 2000s 8,661
2000s
8,661 births
- 2010s 4,487
2010s
4,487 births
- 2020s 1,929
2020s
1,929 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 148,205 births (26% of all-time use).
How Douglas compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Douglas's total volume
Douglas by state
Where Douglas concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 45,077 | 8.0% |
| #2 | California | | 42,676 | 7.6% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 37,798 | 6.7% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 34,563 | 6.2% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 29,469 | 5.3% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 26,165 | 4.7% |
| #7 | Texas | | 23,229 | 4.1% |
| #8 | Minnesota | | 16,828 | 3.0% |
45,077 of 560,013 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Douglas appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Douglas's data
- Douglas's decade-level peak was the 1950s (148,205 total births); usage has since declined to 1,929 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Douglass (45,077 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Douglas: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1957)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Douglas draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.