How popular is the name Doug?

Doug ranks 722nd among boys' names in US records, with 22,477 births since 1918. Over the past decade it accounts for 25.

Is Doug a unisex name?

No. Doug is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1962, when 1,843 children were given the name. It has been in use for 106 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Boy name#722 of boy names

Pronounced D AH1 G (ARPABET)

Doug is a boys' name, and first appears in 1918. It has been given to 22,477 children — the 722nd most common boys' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 25 births across the past decade, against a peak of 1,843 in a single year. That peak was in 1962.

1962Boys: 1,843Girls: 0

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Doug?: Doug ranks 722nd among boys' names in US records, with 22,477 births since 1918. Over the past decade it accounts for 25.
Is Doug a unisex name?: No. Doug is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Doug most popular?: 1962, when 1,843 children were given the name. It has been in use for 106 years and is still recorded as of 2024.