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.

Douglass

#1,588 most common boys' name of all time · #3,842 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1883–2024

Rank among boys
#1,588
Rank overall
#3,842 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
118 of 146
All-time
5,795
Since 2016
33
Peak year
1970 #710
Best rank
#579 1942
Girls Boys peak 137/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Douglass first appears in 1883. 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
2024 — 7 7 #9,921
2019 — 6 6 #10,840
2018 — 5 5 #12,207
2017 — 8 8 #8,867
2016 — 7 7 #9,694
2015 — 8 8 #8,779
2014 — 7 7 #9,677
2013 — 7 7 #9,691
2012 — 9 9 #8,188
2011 — 9 9 #8,108
2009 — 7 7 #9,890
2008 — 8 8 #9,041
2007 — 11 11 #7,113
2006 — 5 5 #12,101
2005 — 9 9 #7,673
2004 — 10 10 #7,000
2003 — 12 12 #5,890
2002 — 14 14 #5,142
2001 — 13 13 #5,405
2000 — 16 16 #4,586
1999 — 16 16 #4,353
1998 — 15 15 #4,428
1997 — 17 17 #3,895
1996 — 21 21 #3,300
1995 — 24 24 #2,933
1994 — 22 22 #3,121
1993 — 26 26 #2,705
1992 — 35 35 #2,180
1991 — 34 34 #2,151
1990 — 57 57 #1,503
1989 — 38 38 #1,925
1988 — 52 52 #1,469
1987 — 43 43 #1,615
1986 — 40 40 #1,624
1985 — 51 51 #1,356
1984 — 43 43 #1,466
1983 — 54 54 #1,258
1982 — 42 42 #1,495
1981 — 51 51 #1,297
1980 — 74 74 #1,051
1979 — 56 56 #1,226
1978 — 67 67 #1,062
1977 — 64 64 #1,085
1976 — 46 46 #1,311
1975 — 60 60 #1,085
1974 — 73 73 #956
1973 — 77 77 #917
1972 — 97 97 #813
1971 — 121 121 #743
1970 — 137 137 #710
1969 — 132 132 #687
1968 — 106 106 #727
1967 — 67 67 #879
1966 — 72 72 #856
1965 — 64 64 #927
1964 — 79 79 #857
1963 — 84 84 #827
1962 — 103 103 #752
1961 — 89 89 #812
1960 — 94 94 #793
1959 — 101 101 #759
1958 — 97 97 #753
1957 — 118 118 #701
1956 — 114 114 #692
1955 — 99 99 #735
1954 — 116 116 #670
1953 — 105 105 #696
1952 — 122 122 #634
1951 5 117 122 #652
1950 — 109 109 #670
1949 — 132 132 #594
1948 — 113 113 #639
1947 — 101 101 #690
1946 — 84 84 #715
1945 — 64 64 #770
1944 — 71 71 #739
1943 5 81 86 #717
1942 — 116 116 #579
1941 — 53 53 #872
1940 — 55 55 #853
1939 — 56 56 #816
1938 — 75 75 #707
1937 — 46 46 #926
1936 — 41 41 #982
1935 5 37 42 #1,072
1934 — 47 47 #927
1933 — 42 42 #988
1932 — 52 52 #898
1931 — 39 39 #1,091
1930 — 46 46 #1,013
1929 — 33 33 #1,220
1928 — 32 32 #1,277
1927 — 34 34 #1,256
1926 — 50 50 #969
1925 — 38 38 #1,155
1924 5 44 49 #1,082
1923 — 42 42 #1,106
1922 — 44 44 #1,068
1921 6 39 45 #1,146
1920 — 46 46 #1,026
1919 — 49 49 #965
1918 — 36 36 #1,158
1917 — 33 33 #1,191
1916 — 37 37 #1,067
1915 — 26 26 #1,325
1914 — 20 20 #1,365
1913 — 22 22 #1,096
1912 — 11 11 #1,561
1911 — 8 8 #1,322
1910 — 5 5 #1,657
1909 — 6 6 #1,354
1908 — 5 5 #1,457
1907 — 9 9 #974
1900 — 6 6 #1,239
1895 — 6 6 #1,038
1892 — 5 5 #1,179
1888 — 7 7 #892
1883 — 6 6 #880