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How popular is “Douglas” in the USA?

Number of people named “Douglas” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Douglas” 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 “Douglas” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Douglas” by birth year

This chart shows how “Douglas” 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
1880 29 0.000143932 29 -100%
1881 16 0.000083036 16 -100%
1882 32 0.000144448 32 -100%
1883 33 0.000152112 33 -100%
1884 36 0.000147868 36 -100%
1885 30 0.000124557 30 -100%
1886 35 0.000137085 35 -100%
1887 34 0.000137434 34 -100%
1888 50 0.000166959 50 -100%
1889 39 0.000134973 39 -100%
1890 38 0.000126078 38 -100%
1891 33 0.000115114 33 -100%
1892 57 0.000170468 57 -100%
1893 56 0.00017219 56 -100%
1894 66 0.000194868 66 -100%
1895 61 0.000173779 61 -100%
1896 72 0.000201408 72 -100%
1897 58 0.000167168 58 -100%
1898 71 0.000186129 71 -100%
1899 73 0.000215191 73 -100%
1900 107 0.000237642 107 -100%
1901 83 0.000240015 83 -100%
1902 76 0.000196518 76 -100%
1903 100 0.000262329 100 -100%
1904 69 0.00017101 5 64 -86%
1905 85 0.000200509 85 -100%
1906 99 0.000231065 99 -100%
1907 99 0.000212725 99 -100%
1908 116 0.000237389 5 111 -91%
1909 126 0.000246467 126 -100%
1910 169 0.000286096 169 -100%
1911 169 0.000262309 169 -100%
1912 359 0.000363338 9 350 -95%
1913 437 0.000384308 9 428 -96%
1914 512 0.000361494 10 502 -96%
1915 747 0.000407656 13 734 -97%
1916 830 0.00042907 15 815 -96%
1917 1000 0.000498318 19 981 -96%
1918 1446 0.000666018 14 1432 -98%
1919 1353 0.000641158 25 1328 -96%
1920 1678 0.000741611 21 1657 -97%
1921 1582 0.00067766 16 1566 -98%
1922 1645 0.000718605 9 1636 -99%
1923 1631 0.000708366 18 1613 -98%
1924 1700 0.000713803 24 1676 -97%
1925 1700 0.000728581 23 1677 -97%
1926 1795 0.000781827 17 1778 -98%
1927 1836 0.000791598 15 1821 -98%
1928 1932 0.000854513 20 1912 -98%
1929 1987 0.000906412 22 1965 -98%
1930 2193 0.000986377 27 2166 -98%
1931 2222 0.001055889 19 2203 -98%
1932 2298 0.001088434 14 2284 -99%
1933 2266 0.001133313 14 2252 -99%
1934 2557 0.001231212 16 2541 -99%
1935 2545 0.001217762 16 2529 -99%
1936 2388 0.001149415 13 2375 -99%
1937 2618 0.001228721 8 2610 -99%
1938 3524 0.001592715 16 3508 -99%
1939 3573 0.001621554 9 3564 -99%
1940 3750 0.001628534 18 3732 -99%
1941 4163 0.001708651 17 4146 -99%
1942 11272 0.00412619 38 11234 -99%
1943 8263 0.002927485 28 8235 -99%
1944 7021 0.002609961 23 6998 -99%
1945 7415 0.002795044 21 7394 -99%
1946 8354 0.002614459 20 8334 -100%
1947 9911 0.002751281 18 9893 -100%
1948 9507 0.002753642 37 9470 -99%
1949 11341 0.003254442 20 11321 -100%
1950 12290 0.003508063 25 12265 -100%
1951 13933 0.003782298 31 13902 -100%
1952 13704 0.00360821 24 13680 -100%
1953 14162 0.003674963 23 14139 -100%
1954 14724 0.00369884 20 14704 -100%
1955 15338 0.003820098 29 15309 -100%
1956 16422 0.003982986 32 16390 -100%
1957 16766 0.003989869 35 16731 -100%
1958 15823 0.003827617 26 15797 -100%
1959 15340 0.003689281 53 15287 -99%
1960 15170 0.003652064 33 15137 -100%
1961 16021 0.003867657 50 15971 -99%
1962 15967 0.00395676 41 15926 -99%
1963 15116 0.003818908 30 15086 -100%
1964 14637 0.003765043 34 14603 -100%
1965 12838 0.003541079 50 12788 -99%
1966 11448 0.003293768 45 11403 -99%
1967 11487 0.003383608 53 11434 -99%
1968 11454 0.003390349 47 11407 -99%
1969 11279 0.003245454 41 11238 -99%
1970 10453 0.002898367 43 10410 -99%
1971 8781 0.002558302 43 8738 -99%
1972 7428 0.002363352 39 7389 -99%
1973 6620 0.002194315 25 6595 -99%
1974 5864 0.001928948 22 5842 -99%
1975 5378 0.001781152 32 5346 -99%
1976 5251 0.001730547 23 5228 -99%
1977 5327 0.001677006 30 5297 -99%
1978 5180 0.001632077 30 5150 -99%
1979 5198 0.001562368 29 5169 -99%
1980 5209 0.001512263 29 5180 -99%
1981 4822 0.001393893 34 4788 -99%
1982 4539 0.001293914 27 4512 -99%
1983 4213 0.001216456 31 4182 -99%
1984 4176 0.001196989 34 4142 -98%
1985 4056 0.001136418 35 4021 -98%
1986 3779 0.001062389 16 3763 -99%
1987 3827 0.0010614 24 3803 -99%
1988 3685 0.000997282 31 3654 -98%
1989 3718 0.000967109 17 3701 -99%
1990 3557 0.000899942 13 3544 -99%
1991 3166 0.000812782 10 3156 -99%
1992 2635 0.000685971 5 2630 -100%
1993 2474 0.000656185 12 2462 -99%
1994 2167 0.000582895 5 2162 -100%
1995 1946 0.000531381 1946 -100%
1996 1797 0.000492707 5 1792 -99%
1997 1586 0.000437427 1586 -100%
1998 1403 0.000381436 1403 -100%
1999 1290 0.000349228 1290 -100%
2000 1173 0.000310325 1173 -100%
2001 1081 0.000288776 1081 -100%
2002 953 0.000254929 953 -100%
2003 976 0.000256685 976 -100%
2004 805 0.000210682 6 799 -99%
2005 822 0.000213793 822 -100%
2006 824 0.000208281 824 -100%
2007 757 0.00018936 757 -100%
2008 687 0.00017478 687 -100%
2009 589 0.000154181 589 -100%
2010 536 0.000145032 536 -100%
2011 505 0.000138061 505 -100%
2012 452 0.000123586 452 -100%
2013 492 0.000134955 492 -100%
2014 458 0.000123571 458 -100%
2015 436 0.000117809 436 -100%
2016 447 0.000121842 447 -100%
2017 413 0.000115486 413 -100%
2018 373 0.00010609 373 -100%
2019 373 0.000107464 373 -100%
2020 334 0.000099983 334 -100%
2021 347 0.000102422 347 -100%
2022 299 0.00008838 299 -100%
2023 354 0.00010691 354 -100%
2024 283 0.000085023 283 -100%

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