How Many People Are Named Doug?
people named Doug are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 20,297 people in the US has this name
Based on 22,473 babies named Doug in Social Security records from 1918 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,843 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of DOUGLAS.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Doug in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Doug alive today is about 62 years old, and 74% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 59 and 66 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Doug first appears in the records in 1918 and was given most often in 1962, to 1,843 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1918 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Doug has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #170, in 1962.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #170 (1962) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #221 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Doug alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Doug were born in California than in any other state: about 1,988 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Doug was given 3.4 times as often in Oregon, 3.3 times in Washington and 3.2 times in Idaho.
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