Douglas was a very popular boys' name that peaked at #23 in 1942 but is far less common today.
Douglas is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #807 for boy births in the United States (and #1,658 across all names), given to 308 babies. Douglas first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1957 (16,730 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 308 | 308 | — | #807 |
| 2024 | 286 | 286 | — | #848 |
| 2023 | 354 | 354 | — | #744 |
| 2022 | 300 | 300 | — | #827 |
| 2021 | 347 | 347 | — | #737 |
| 2020 | 334 | 334 | — | #737 |
| 2019 | 374 | 374 | — | #685 |
| 2018 | 373 | 373 | — | #673 |
| 2017 | 413 | 413 | — | #629 |
| 2016 | 447 | 447 | — | #603 |
| 2015 | 437 | 437 | — | #615 |
| 2014 | 458 | 458 | — | #598 |
| 2013 | 492 | 492 | — | #541 |
| 2012 | 452 | 452 | — | #571 |
| 2011 | 505 | 505 | — | #514 |
| 2010 | 536 | 536 | — | #485 |
| 2009 | 589 | 589 | — | #462 |
| 2008 | 687 | 687 | — | #424 |
| 2007 | 757 | 757 | — | #394 |
| 2006 | 824 | 824 | — | #362 |
| 2005 | 822 | 827 | — | #359 |
| 2004 | 805 | 805 | #14,663 | #353 |
| 2003 | 976 | 976 | — | #307 |
| 2002 | 953 | 953 | — | #305 |
| 2001 | 1,081 | 1,081 | — | #282 |
| 2000 | 1,173 | 1,173 | — | #274 |
| 1999 | 1,290 | 1,290 | — | #247 |
| 1998 | 1,403 | 1,403 | — | #227 |
| 1997 | 1,586 | — | — | #201 |
| 1996 | 1,798 | — | #14,135 | #181 |
| 1995 | 1,947 | — | — | #168 |
| 1994 | 2,167 | — | #14,072 | #156 |
| 1993 | 2,473 | — | #7,153 | #139 |
| 1992 | 2,635 | — | #13,909 | #127 |
| 1991 | 3,166 | — | #8,141 | #109 |
| 1990 | 3,557 | — | #6,574 | #103 |
| 1989 | 3,717 | — | #5,107 | #92 |
| 1988 | 3,686 | — | #3,177 | #88 |
| 1987 | 3,828 | — | #3,649 | #85 |
| 1986 | 3,779 | — | #4,788 | #82 |
| 1985 | 4,056 | — | #2,718 | #76 |
| 1984 | 4,176 | — | #2,691 | #71 |
| 1983 | 4,213 | — | #2,803 | #69 |
| 1982 | 4,538 | — | #3,197 | #68 |
| 1981 | 4,822 | — | #2,672 | #64 |
| 1980 | 5,209 | — | #3,016 | #62 |
| 1979 | 5,196 | — | #2,948 | #58 |
| 1978 | 5,181 | — | #2,759 | #59 |
| 1977 | 5,327 | — | #2,734 | #59 |
| 1976 | 5,247 | — | #3,117 | #56 |
| 1975 | 5,377 | — | #2,471 | #55 |
| 1974 | 5,865 | — | #3,135 | #53 |
| 1973 | 6,620 | — | #2,774 | #47 |
| 1972 | 7,426 | — | #2,031 | #43 |
| 1971 | 8,780 | — | #1,979 | #39 |
| 1970 | 10,452 | — | #1,959 | #36 |
| 1969 | 11,278 | — | #1,961 | #34 |
| 1968 | 11,452 | — | #1,717 | #33 |
| 1967 | 11,487 | — | #1,542 | #33 |
| 1966 | 11,446 | — | #1,675 | #33 |
| 1965 | 12,837 | — | #1,580 | #32 |
| 1964 | 14,634 | — | #2,046 | #31 |
| 1963 | 15,116 | — | #2,178 | #28 |
| 1962 | 15,969 | — | #1,793 | #27 |
| 1961 | 16,028 | — | #1,604 | #28 |
| 1960 | 15,166 | — | #1,991 | #30 |
| 1959 | 15,343 | — | #1,481 | #30 |
| 1958 | 15,824 | — | #2,225 | #30 |
| 1957 | 16,765 | — | #1,850 | #30 |
| 1956 | 16,421 | — | #1,906 | #29 |
| 1955 | 15,340 | — | #1,989 | #29 |
| 1954 | 14,723 | — | #2,466 | #29 |
| 1953 | 14,161 | — | #2,188 | #27 |
| 1952 | 13,704 | — | #2,086 | #28 |
| 1951 | 13,933 | — | #1,746 | #27 |
| 1950 | 12,289 | — | #1,922 | #28 |
| 1949 | 11,342 | — | #2,230 | #29 |
| 1948 | 9,505 | — | #1,523 | #33 |
| 1947 | 9,913 | — | #2,374 | #31 |
| 1946 | 8,356 | — | #2,108 | #34 |
| 1945 | 7,415 | — | #1,839 | #29 |
| 1944 | 7,021 | — | #1,759 | #34 |
| 1943 | 8,264 | — | #1,602 | #28 |
| 1942 | 11,271 | — | #1,306 | #23 |
| 1941 | 4,163 | — | #2,037 | #53 |
| 1940 | 3,750 | — | #1,910 | #56 |
| 1939 | 3,573 | — | #2,977 | #58 |
| 1938 | 3,524 | — | #2,042 | #60 |
| 1937 | 2,618 | — | #3,221 | #74 |
| 1936 | 2,387 | — | #2,300 | #78 |
| 1935 | 2,545 | — | #2,023 | #75 |
| 1934 | 2,557 | — | #2,019 | #72 |
| 1933 | 2,266 | — | #2,193 | #81 |
| 1932 | 2,298 | — | #2,269 | #85 |
| 1931 | 2,222 | — | #1,817 | #85 |
| 1930 | 2,193 | — | #1,507 | #89 |
| 1929 | 1,987 | — | #1,722 | #97 |
| 1928 | 1,932 | — | #1,919 | #102 |
| 1927 | 1,836 | — | #2,362 | #104 |
| 1926 | 1,795 | — | #2,187 | #103 |
| 1925 | 1,700 | — | #1,809 | #103 |
| 1924 | 1,700 | — | #1,779 | #105 |
| 1923 | 1,631 | — | #2,109 | #108 |
| 1922 | 1,645 | — | #3,451 | #106 |
| 1921 | 1,582 | — | #2,314 | #111 |
| 1920 | 1,678 | — | #1,901 | #106 |
| 1919 | 1,353 | — | #1,611 | #121 |
| 1918 | 1,446 | — | #2,413 | #115 |
| 1917 | 1,000 | — | #1,863 | #138 |
| 1916 | 830 | — | #2,162 | #151 |
| 1915 | 747 | — | #2,291 | #158 |
| 1914 | 512 | — | #2,307 | #175 |
| 1913 | 437 | — | #2,199 | #163 |
| 1912 | 359 | — | #2,021 | #165 |
| 1911 | 169 | — | — | #181 |
| 1910 | 169 | — | — | #172 |
| 1909 | 126 | — | — | #181 |
| 1908 | 116 | — | #2,197 | #191 |
| 1907 | 99 | — | — | #197 |
| 1906 | 99 | — | — | #183 |
| 1905 | 85 | — | — | #207 |
| 1904 | 69 | — | #1,964 | #237 |
| 1903 | 100 | — | — | #168 |
| 1902 | 76 | — | — | #205 |
| 1901 | 83 | — | — | #177 |
| 1900 | 107 | — | — | #191 |
| 1899 | 73 | — | — | #187 |
| 1898 | 71 | — | — | #207 |
| 1897 | 58 | — | — | #227 |
| 1896 | 72 | — | — | #209 |
| 1895 | 61 | — | — | #224 |
| 1894 | 66 | — | — | #207 |
| 1893 | 56 | — | — | #227 |
| 1892 | 57 | — | — | #235 |
| 1891 | 33 | — | — | #284 |
| 1890 | 38 | — | — | #280 |
| 1889 | 39 | — | — | #267 |
| 1888 | 50 | — | — | #246 |
| 1887 | 34 | — | — | #280 |
| 1886 | 35 | — | — | #290 |
| 1885 | 30 | — | — | #308 |
| 1884 | 36 | — | — | #289 |
| 1883 | 33 | — | — | #284 |
| 1882 | 32 | — | — | #309 |
| 1881 | 16 | — | — | #434 |
| 1880 | 29 | — | — | #314 |