Doug is an established boys' name that peaked in 1962 and has since faded.
Doug is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2023. Doug was first reported in SSA data in 1918 and peaked in 1962 (1,843 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,193 |
| 2018 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,141 |
| 2017 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,961 |
| 2015 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,044 |
| 2013 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,930 |
| 2012 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,080 |
| 2009 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,856 |
| 2008 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,449 |
| 2007 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,051 |
| 2003 | 9 | 9 | — | #7,409 |
| 2002 | 7 | 7 | — | #8,704 |
| 2001 | 8 | 8 | — | #7,740 |
| 2000 | 8 | 8 | — | #7,638 |
| 1999 | 9 | 9 | — | #6,682 |
| 1998 | 5 | 5 | — | #10,063 |
| 1997 | 9 | — | — | #6,229 |
| 1996 | 5 | — | — | #9,394 |
| 1995 | 10 | — | — | #5,608 |
| 1994 | 9 | — | — | #5,995 |
| 1993 | 13 | — | — | #4,523 |
| 1992 | 15 | — | — | #3,973 |
| 1991 | 20 | — | — | #3,144 |
| 1990 | 16 | — | — | #3,649 |
| 1989 | 20 | — | — | #3,012 |
| 1988 | 16 | — | — | #3,252 |
| 1987 | 26 | — | — | #2,233 |
| 1986 | 30 | — | — | #1,974 |
| 1985 | 45 | — | — | #1,494 |
| 1984 | 27 | — | — | #1,995 |
| 1983 | 50 | — | — | #1,317 |
| 1982 | 40 | — | — | #1,547 |
| 1981 | 65 | — | — | #1,138 |
| 1980 | 69 | — | — | #1,091 |
| 1979 | 90 | — | — | #926 |
| 1978 | 84 | — | — | #946 |
| 1977 | 100 | — | — | #857 |
| 1976 | 114 | — | — | #778 |
| 1975 | 125 | — | — | #748 |
| 1974 | 176 | — | — | #605 |
| 1973 | 197 | — | — | #567 |
| 1972 | 255 | — | — | #493 |
| 1971 | 340 | — | — | #445 |
| 1970 | 437 | — | — | #385 |
| 1969 | 512 | — | — | #350 |
| 1968 | 586 | — | #7,302 | #314 |
| 1967 | 625 | — | — | #292 |
| 1966 | 684 | — | — | #281 |
| 1965 | 1,028 | — | — | #227 |
| 1964 | 1,409 | — | — | #199 |
| 1963 | 1,689 | — | — | #174 |
| 1962 | 1,843 | — | — | #170 |
| 1961 | 1,817 | — | — | #172 |
| 1960 | 1,704 | — | — | #182 |
| 1959 | 1,701 | — | — | #179 |
| 1958 | 1,393 | — | — | #201 |
| 1957 | 882 | — | — | #254 |
| 1956 | 404 | — | — | #367 |
| 1955 | 222 | — | — | #494 |
| 1954 | 178 | — | — | #545 |
| 1953 | 132 | — | — | #624 |
| 1952 | 112 | — | — | #654 |
| 1951 | 141 | — | — | #584 |
| 1950 | 183 | — | — | #494 |
| 1949 | 254 | — | — | #426 |
| 1948 | 324 | — | — | #379 |
| 1947 | 378 | — | — | #351 |
| 1946 | 310 | — | — | #369 |
| 1945 | 222 | — | — | #404 |
| 1944 | 202 | — | — | #429 |
| 1943 | 243 | — | — | #390 |
| 1942 | 229 | — | — | #401 |
| 1941 | 79 | — | — | #692 |
| 1940 | 85 | — | — | #657 |
| 1939 | 76 | — | — | #682 |
| 1938 | 62 | — | — | #780 |
| 1937 | 45 | — | — | #934 |
| 1936 | 34 | — | — | #1,124 |
| 1935 | 36 | — | — | #1,080 |
| 1934 | 23 | — | — | #1,434 |
| 1933 | 25 | — | — | #1,338 |
| 1932 | 17 | — | — | #1,792 |
| 1931 | 11 | — | — | #2,363 |
| 1930 | 11 | — | — | #2,482 |
| 1929 | 7 | — | — | #3,315 |
| 1928 | 5 | — | — | #4,303 |
| 1927 | 9 | — | — | #2,968 |
| 1926 | 6 | — | — | #3,827 |
| 1924 | 6 | — | — | #4,001 |
| 1921 | 6 | — | — | #3,981 |
| 1919 | 6 | — | — | #3,841 |
| 1918 | 5 | — | — | #4,338 |