Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Doug” in the USA?

Number of people named “Doug” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Doug” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Doug” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Doug” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Doug” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Doug” by birth year

This chart shows how “Doug” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1918 5 0.000002303 5 -100%
1919 6 0.000002843 6 -100%
1921 6 0.00000257 6 -100%
1924 6 0.000002519 6 -100%
1926 6 0.000002613 6 -100%
1927 9 0.00000388 9 -100%
1928 5 0.000002211 5 -100%
1929 7 0.000003193 7 -100%
1930 11 0.000004948 11 -100%
1931 11 0.000005227 11 -100%
1932 17 0.000008052 17 -100%
1933 25 0.000012503 25 -100%
1934 23 0.000011075 23 -100%
1935 36 0.000017226 36 -100%
1936 34 0.000016365 34 -100%
1937 45 0.00002112 45 -100%
1938 62 0.000028022 62 -100%
1939 76 0.000034491 76 -100%
1940 85 0.000036913 85 -100%
1941 79 0.000032425 79 -100%
1942 229 0.000083827 229 -100%
1943 243 0.000086092 243 -100%
1944 202 0.000075091 202 -100%
1945 222 0.000083682 222 -100%
1946 310 0.000097017 310 -100%
1947 378 0.000104932 378 -100%
1948 324 0.000093845 324 -100%
1949 254 0.000072888 254 -100%
1950 183 0.000052236 183 -100%
1951 141 0.000038276 141 -100%
1952 112 0.000029489 112 -100%
1953 132 0.000034253 132 -100%
1954 178 0.000044716 178 -100%
1955 222 0.000055292 222 -100%
1956 403 0.000097743 403 -100%
1957 883 0.000210131 883 -100%
1958 1393 0.00033697 1393 -100%
1959 1702 0.000409332 1702 -100%
1960 1707 0.000410948 1707 -100%
1961 1817 0.000438645 1817 -100%
1962 1843 0.000456711 1843 -100%
1963 1689 0.000426709 1689 -100%
1964 1409 0.000362434 1409 -100%
1965 1028 0.000283551 1028 -100%
1966 684 0.000196797 684 -100%
1967 625 0.0001841 625 -100%
1968 586 0.000173454 5 581 -98%
1969 512 0.000147324 512 -100%
1970 437 0.00012117 437 -100%
1971 340 0.000099057 340 -100%
1972 255 0.000081133 255 -100%
1973 197 0.000065299 197 -100%
1974 175 0.000057566 175 -100%
1975 125 0.000041399 125 -100%
1976 114 0.00003757 114 -100%
1977 101 0.000031796 101 -100%
1978 84 0.000026466 84 -100%
1979 90 0.000027051 90 -100%
1980 69 0.000020032 69 -100%
1981 65 0.00001879 65 -100%
1982 40 0.000011403 40 -100%
1983 50 0.000014437 50 -100%
1984 27 0.000007739 27 -100%
1985 45 0.000012608 45 -100%
1986 30 0.000008434 30 -100%
1987 26 0.000007211 26 -100%
1988 16 0.00000433 16 -100%
1989 20 0.000005202 20 -100%
1990 16 0.000004048 16 -100%
1991 20 0.000005134 20 -100%
1992 15 0.000003905 15 -100%
1993 13 0.000003448 13 -100%
1994 9 0.000002421 9 -100%
1995 10 0.000002731 10 -100%
1996 5 0.000001371 5 -100%
1997 9 0.000002482 9 -100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 -100%
1999 9 0.000002436 9 -100%
2000 8 0.000002116 8 -100%
2001 8 0.000002137 8 -100%
2002 7 0.000001873 7 -100%
2003 9 0.000002367 9 -100%
2007 7 0.000001751 7 -100%
2008 6 0.000001526 6 -100%
2009 10 0.000002618 10 -100%
2012 8 0.000002187 8 -100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 -100%
2015 6 0.000001621 6 -100%
2017 7 0.000001957 7 -100%
2018 6 0.000001707 6 -100%
2023 6 0.000001812 6 -100%

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