Doug

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Doug is a male personal name. It is sometimes a given name, but more often it is a hypocorism which takes the place of a given name, usually Douglas. Notable people with the name include:

From Wikipedia

Doug first appears in the data in 1918 and has been recorded in 91 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1962 with 1,843 babies (rank #170 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Doug

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

2Destiny numberThe peacemakerDiplomatic, sensitive, partnership-minded.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
9Soul urgeThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
11PersonalityThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

22,477

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

1,843

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Doug

Doug Savantfilm actor · b. 1964
Doug Jonescontortionist · b. 1960
Doug Burgumangel investor · b. 1956
Doug Limandirector · b. 1965
Doug Duceygovernor · b. 1964

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1918	5	#4,338
1919	6	#3,841
1921	6	#3,981
1924	6	#4,001
1926	6	#3,827
1927	9	#2,968
1928	5	#4,303
1929	7	#3,315
1930	11	#2,482
1931	11	#2,363
1932	17	#1,792
1933	25	#1,338
1934	23	#1,433
1935	36	#1,080
1936	34	#1,124
1937	45	#934
1938	62	#780
1939	76	#682
1940	85	#657
1941	79	#692
1942	229	#401
1943	243	#390
1944	202	#429
1945	222	#404
1946	310	#369
1947	378	#351
1948	324	#379
1949	254	#426
1950	183	#494
1951	141	#584
1952	112	#654
1953	132	#624
1954	178	#545
1955	222	#494
1956	403	#367
1957	883	#254
1958	1,393	#201
1959	1,702	#179
1960	1,707	#182
1961	1,817	#172
1962	1,843	#170
1963	1,689	#174
1964	1,409	#199
1965	1,028	#227
1966	684	#281
1967	625	#292
1968	581	#314
1969	512	#350
1970	437	#385
1971	340	#445
1972	255	#493
1973	197	#567
1974	175	#607
1975	125	#748
1976	114	#778
1977	101	#854
1978	84	#947
1979	90	#926
1980	69	#1,091
1981	65	#1,138
1982	40	#1,548
1983	50	#1,317
1984	27	#1,995
1985	45	#1,494
1986	30	#1,974
1987	26	#2,233
1988	16	#3,252
1989	20	#3,012
1990	16	#3,649
1991	20	#3,144
1992	15	#3,973
1993	13	#4,523
1994	9	#5,994
1995	10	#5,608
1996	5	#9,392
1997	9	#6,229
1998	5	#10,063
1999	9	#6,682
2000	8	#7,637
2001	8	#7,739
2002	7	#8,702
2003	9	#7,409
2007	7	#10,051
2008	6	#11,448
2009	10	#7,854
2012	8	#9,079
2013	7	#9,928
2015	6	#11,042
2017	7	#9,957
2018	6	#11,139
2023	6	#11,182