Doug
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:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Doug
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
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:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Doug
Doug first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1918, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1962: 1,843 births, good for #170 nationwide. About 53% of every Doug on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Doug last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 22K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Doug
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Doug. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Dougie
- Douglas
Names that sound like Doug
Phonetically similar names — useful when Doug is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Dug
- Dugg
- Dig
- Digg
- Deg
- Dyg
- Digue
- Dog
- Duck
- Dawg
- Dag
- Dogg
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Doug
Doug is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1918 and has accumulated 22K births in the dataset. Doug's peak popularity came in 1962 when it ranked #170. Use the chart and map above to compare Doug's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.