Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Doug

#780 most common boys' name of all time · #1,752 across all names · >99% boys / <1% girls · used 1918–2023

Rank among boys
#780
Rank overall
#1,752 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
91 of 146
All-time
22,473
Since 2016
19
Peak year
1962 #170
Best rank
#170 1962
Girls Boys peak 1,843/yr
192019401960198020002020

Doug first appears in 1918. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2023 — 6 6 #10,968
2018 — 6 6 #10,910
2017 — 7 7 #9,801
2015 — 6 6 #10,798
2013 — 7 7 #9,799
2012 — 8 8 #8,960
2009 — 10 10 #7,788
2008 — 6 6 #11,204
2007 — 7 7 #9,934
2003 — 9 9 #7,330
2002 — 7 7 #8,586
2001 — 8 8 #7,657
2000 — 8 8 #7,527
1999 — 9 9 #6,612
1998 — 5 5 #9,845
1997 — 9 9 #6,201
1996 — 5 5 #9,197
1995 — 10 10 #5,591
1994 — 9 9 #5,971
1993 — 13 13 #4,505
1992 — 15 15 #3,969
1991 — 20 20 #3,151
1990 — 16 16 #3,658
1989 — 20 20 #3,024
1988 — 16 16 #3,254
1987 — 26 26 #2,250
1986 — 30 30 #1,979
1985 — 45 45 #1,492
1984 — 27 27 #2,009
1983 — 50 50 #1,319
1982 — 40 40 #1,550
1981 — 65 65 #1,138
1980 — 69 69 #1,092
1979 — 90 90 #928
1978 — 84 84 #948
1977 — 100 100 #857
1976 — 114 114 #779
1975 — 125 125 #748
1974 — 176 176 #605
1973 — 197 197 #567
1972 — 255 255 #494
1971 — 340 340 #446
1970 — 437 437 #386
1969 — 512 512 #350
1968 5 581 586 #314
1967 — 625 625 #292
1966 — 684 684 #281
1965 — 1,028 1,028 #227
1964 — 1,409 1,409 #199
1963 — 1,689 1,689 #174
1962 — 1,843 1,843 #170
1961 — 1,817 1,817 #172
1960 — 1,704 1,704 #183
1959 — 1,701 1,701 #179
1958 — 1,393 1,393 #201
1957 — 882 882 #254
1956 — 404 404 #367
1955 — 222 222 #495
1954 — 178 178 #549
1953 — 132 132 #626
1952 — 112 112 #658
1951 — 141 141 #584
1950 — 183 183 #494
1949 — 254 254 #426
1948 — 324 324 #379
1947 — 378 378 #351
1946 — 310 310 #369
1945 — 222 222 #404
1944 — 202 202 #430
1943 — 243 243 #390
1942 — 229 229 #402
1941 — 79 79 #692
1940 — 85 85 #658
1939 — 76 76 #684
1938 — 62 62 #783
1937 — 45 45 #941
1936 — 34 34 #1,140
1935 — 36 36 #1,097
1934 — 23 23 #1,459
1933 — 25 25 #1,360
1932 — 17 17 #1,846
1931 — 11 11 #2,467
1930 — 11 11 #2,601
1929 — 7 7 #3,530
1928 — 5 5 #4,572
1927 — 9 9 #3,135
1926 — 6 6 #4,095
1924 — 6 6 #4,252
1921 — 6 6 #4,221
1919 — 6 6 #4,105
1918 — 5 5 #4,661