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Douglas

Pronounced /ˈdʌɡləs/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1959 · #1496
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:283 in 2024 (#855)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No girls were recorded as Douglas in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1959 with 53 babies, ranked #1496.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1904.
  • 2,073 girls have been named Douglas since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Douglas per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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  2. <0.1
    Silent
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    Boomers
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    Gen X
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    Millennials
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    Gen Z
  7. 0
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 267 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 339 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 581 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 581 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 299 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 6 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From a place name, Scottish Gaelic dubh (“black”) + glais (“stream”).

  • (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈdʌɡləs/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Douglas, CC BY-SA 4.0.