DUG-lus
Douglas
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About Douglas
The name Douglas is currently ranked #807 in U.S. births. and peaked for boys at #23 in 1942. The name is most popular in Montana, District of Columbia, and Mississippi. Douglas is occasionally used for girls in 2004.
Pronounced DUG-lus.
As of September 2026, Douglas ranked #807 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #23 in 1942, Nameberry popularity #483.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #598 | 458 | 238.4 |
| 2015 | #615 | 436 | 227.5 |
| 2016 | #603 | 447 | 235.5 |
| 2017 | #629 | 413 | 223.1 |
| 2018 | #673 | 373 | 205.4 |
| 2019 | #685 | 373 | 207.9 |
| 2020 | #735 | 334 | 193.5 |
| 2021 | #737 | 347 | 198.3 |
| 2022 | #829 | 299 | 171.2 |
| 2023 | #744 | 354 | 206.9 |
| 2024 | #853 | 283 | 164.3 |
| 2025 | #807 | 308 | 180.3 |
World rankings
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Famous Douglass
- Douglas Dean Osheroff
American physicist; winner of the Nobel Prize
- Douglas Fairbanks (born Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman)
American actor
- Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr.
American actor and WWII naval officer
- Douglas MacArthur
American WWII general
- Douglas Colvin
birth name of Dee Dee Ramone, German,American musician; bassist for punk band The Ramones
- Douglas Coupland
Canadian novelist
- Douglas John Booth
English actor
- Douglas Noel Adams
English novelist
- Douglas Robert Jardine
English cricketer
- Douglas Mawson
Australian Antarctic explorer
- Douglas Smith
Canadian actor
- Douglas "Doug" Benson
American comedian
- Douglas Costa
Brazilian footballer
Douglas in pop culture
- Douglas
engine on animated series "Thomas the Tank Engine," twin of Donald
- Douglas Yancey "Doug" Funnie
title character of animated series "Doug"
- Douglas Reynholm
character on British TV series "The IT Crowd"
- Douglas Spalding
character in Ray Bradbury's "Dandelion Wine"
- Douglas Varney
character in movie "Better Living Through Chemistry"
- Dr. Douglas Reid
character in DC Universe
- Douglas Richardson
pilot on British radio series "Cabin Pressure"
- Grant Douglas Ward
character on TV's "Marvel's Agents of SHIELD"
- "Douglas
" play by John Home and its main character
- Dr. Douglas "Doug" Ross
main character on "ER" tv series (played by George Clooney)
- Douglas Forrester
character on "The Bold & the Beautiful"
- Douglas Davenport
character on TV's "Lab Rats"
- Douglas Archer
character from "SS,GB", father of Douglas Archer Jr.
- Douglas Fackler
character in the "Police Academy" Film series
Variations & nicknames
- Doug
- Dougie
- Dougy