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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.

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