Douglas

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Douglas is a masculine given name which originated from the surname Douglas. Although today the name is almost exclusively given to boys, it was used as a girl's name in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in the north of England.

From Wikipedia

Douglas first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1992 with 254 babies (rank #139 that year). In 2024 it was given to 29 boys (rank #899). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Douglas

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Douglas yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

2,598
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
254
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1991239#155
1992254#139
1993213#160
1994153#184
1995132#231
1996162#194
1997118#239
1998114#244
199997#263
200083#292
200168#341
200272#317
200364#362
200462#382
200549#468
200666#394
200744#572
200839#643
200943#617
201028#829
201131#754
201234#711
201335#705
201453#527
201534#737
201638#690
201742#627
201848#566
201934#736
202037#696
202133#794
202228#891
202322#1,071
202429#899