Masculine dossier · first seen 1918

Doug

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Doug
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1962

Peak era

1962

Peak rank proxy

1,843

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Boomer

1918Peak 19622024

Peak year

1962

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

22,472

Doug is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1962, when 1,843 boys were named Doug.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 22,472 Americans have been named Doug and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1918.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1962

19621,843 boys named Doug

20240 (extinct) boys named Doug

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