Douglass — #9886 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Douglass

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,769 babies named Douglass between 1883 and 2024, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Douglass currently holds the #9886 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 137 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Douglass performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 1,098 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Douglass shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 390 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Douglass in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Douglass 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 5,769 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.