first name
DOUGLASS
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,876 people named Douglass, 79.1% reported their origin as White, 13.3% as Black and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Douglass peaked in 1970, when 137 babies got the name.
At least 5,795 babies have been given the name since 1883. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Douglass by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #1,502. The largest share of babies named Douglass, 34.2%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Douglass is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Douglass has been most common in Maryland (3.7×), Pennsylvania (3.6×), and California (2×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.63×).
1,968 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 Douglass
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Douglass, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Douglass ranks #2,360 of 156,621, with 15,066 people. See Douglass as a last name
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