Masculine dossier · first seen 1883

Douglass

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1970

Peak era

1970

Peak births

137

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Peak generation

Gen X

1883Peak 19702025

Quick answers about Douglass

An estimated 3,674 living Americans are named Douglass.

Douglass fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.

The median age of a living American named Douglass is approximately 58 years, with most bearers falling between 47 and 71 years old.

Not especially. Douglass has been declining since its 1970 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.

Peak year

1970

Decline from peak

100%

2025

All-time

5,769

Douglass last appeared in SSA records in 2024. Across its recorded history, about 5,769 American boys received the name.

Douglass peaked in 1970, when 137 boys were given the name.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2025 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

In all, the Social Security Administration has recorded about 5,769 Americans named Douglass since 1883.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

Peak generationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1970

Living profile

3,674

Estimated living Americans with this name.

Median age58

Core range47–71

Playground Density Index 0.0%

Wave type

Steady Decline

A name with a broad middle and a downward recent trajectory.