The name Douglas is of English origin, and means dark water.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Douglas has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Douglas
Use of the Name Douglas for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
549,290
348,027
68,608
12,961
4,953
1,755
786
The table below indicates the number of times the name Douglas has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Douglas
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
314
29
1881
434
16
1882
310
32
1883
284
33
1884
286
37
1885
308
30
1886
290
35
1887
280
34
1888
246
50
1889
267
39
1890
280
38
1891
284
33
1892
235
57
1893
225
57
1894
207
66
1895
220
62
1896
210
72
1897
228
58
1898
207
71
1899
186
74
1900
188
110
1901
177
83
1902
205
76
1903
168
101
1904
237
64
1905
203
86
1906
183
99
1907
197
99
1908
191
111
1909
181
127
1910
172
168
1911
181
168
1912
165
351
1913
163
427
1914
175
500
1915
158
740
1916
151
815
1917
138
980
1918
115
1,434
1919
121
1,332
1920
106
1,660
1921
111
1,562
1922
108
1,629
1923
108
1,615
1924
105
1,682
1925
105
1,668
1926
102
1,782
1927
104
1,818
1928
102
1,910
1929
96
1,966
1930
89
2,166
1931
85
2,198
1932
85
2,282
1933
81
2,246
1934
72
2,537
1935
75
2,517
1936
78
2,377
1937
74
2,604
1938
60
3,515
1939
58
3,564
1940
56
3,741
1941
52
4,166
1942
23
11,208
1943
28
8,195
1944
34
6,979
1945
29
7,374
1946
34
8,317
1947
31
9,875
1948
33
9,449
1949
29
11,295
1950
28
12,248
1951
27
13,829
1952
28
13,667
1953
27
14,131
1954
29
14,697
1955
29
15,277
1956
29
16,350
1957
30
16,705
1958
30
15,760
1959
30
15,251
1960
30
15,157
1961
28
15,933
1962
27
15,912
1963
28
15,086
1964
31
14,611
1965
32
12,771
1966
33
11,399
1967
33
11,420
1968
33
11,417
1969
34
11,258
1970
36
10,401
1971
39
8,732
1972
43
7,383
1973
46
6,597
1974
52
5,843
1975
55
5,337
1976
56
5,226
1977
59
5,283
1978
59
5,142
1979
58
5,168
1980
62
5,169
1981
64
4,776
1982
68
4,507
1983
69
4,182
1984
71
4,139
1985
76
4,018
1986
83
3,758
1987
85
3,800
1988
88
3,650
1989
92
3,698
1990
103
3,542
1991
109
3,159
1992
126
2,628
1993
139
2,463
1994
156
2,158
1995
167
1,948
1996
181
1,789
1997
201
1,586
1998
227
1,399
1999
247
1,286
2000
274
1,172
2001
282
1,079
2002
306
947
2003
307
969
2004
353
786
Totals:
549,290
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Douglas as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.