Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Douglas

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

Endangered Down 98.3% from peak

Peak era

1957

Peak rank proxy

16,731

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19572024

Peak year

1957

Decline from peak

98.3%

2024

283

All-time

559,708

Douglas once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1957, when 16,731 boys were named Douglas.

In 2024, only 283 boys were given the name.

Down 98.3% from its peak.

All told, about 559,708 Americans have been named Douglas and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.3% from peak

195716,731 boys named Douglas

2024283 boys named Douglas

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