Doug

Boy name

Doug has been given to 22,473 babies in the U.S. since 1918. It peaked in 1962.

Meaning & origin /dʌɡ/

Clipping of Douglas.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

22,473

Peak year

1962 (1,843 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1918

10-year trend

▼ -100%

Gender split

0% girls / 100% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Doug.

21,125 babies since 1904

23,892 babies since 1880

23,988 babies since 1881

20,108 babies since 1880

25,923 babies since 1926

26,370 babies since 1880

26,436 babies since 1881

18,367 babies since 1927

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