How rare is the name Doug?

50,315 people in the United States have the first name Doug, about 1 in 6,003. It ranks #896 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DOUG

#896

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
50,315
About
1 in 6,003
This common or more
68.4%
Who bears it

Of the 50,315 people named Doug, 92.8% reported their origin as White, 1.9% as two or more races and 1.8% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Doug peaked in 1962, when 1,843 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19182023
Peak year
1962
Births that year
1,843
In 2023
6 ▼100%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 22,473 babies have been given the name since 1918. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Doug by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #474. The largest share of babies named Doug, 67.1%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1910s#9,75211
1920s#8,29739
1930s#2,286340
1940s#9052,326
1950s#7005,348
1960s#47411,897
1970s#1,3441,918
1980s#4,030388
1990s#12,133111
2000s#22,69355
2010s#28,49734
2020s#36,8006
Greatest Generation 1901–270.2%
Silent Generation 1928–456.3%
Baby boom 1946–6467.1%
Generation X 1965–8024.1%
Millennials 1981–961.8%
Generation Z 1997–120.4%
2013 and later0.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Doug is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Doug has been most common in Oregon (3.2×), Washington (3×), and Montana (3×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.25×).

19,913 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Doug

#894 Tyrone · 50,642#895 Kirsten · 50,529#897 Tabitha · 50,189#898 Elsa · 50,134

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Doug, most common first.

#46,856 Dough · 141

Also a last name

As a last name, Doug ranks #154,182 of 156,621, with 103 people. See Doug as a last name

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