Dougal

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Dougal: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Dougal: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #619, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#619highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1765
1997	#1761
1998	#2901
1999	#1383
2000	#1889
2001	#1949
2002	#2254
2003	#3467
2004	#1878
2005	#3208
2006	#1892
2007	#1756
2008	#3687
2009	#1981
2010	#2629
2011	#2039
2012	#3039
2013	#3822
2014	#2964
2015	#3373
2016	#4810
2017	#3449
2018	#4749
2019	#2728
2020	#3848
2023	#4991
2024	#5119

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #619 among boys in Scotland, #5119 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1765 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Dougal by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Dougal in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	24	4 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	66	10 of 10	7
2010s	56	10 of 10	6
2020s	10	3 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Dougal appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #619 in Scotland in 2024.

Dougal's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2728	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2039	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1981	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1756	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1892	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1878	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1383	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#619	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #619, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Douglas · #47, 70y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Holden · #619, 25y
Othniel · #619, 22y
Zuriel · #619, 23y
Anjolaoluwa · #620, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Holden · #619, 25y
Khai · #619, 28y
Milli · #619, 28y
Aderinsola · #620, 15y

Dougal was ranked #619 in Scotland · Boys in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Dougal and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Dougal without appearing here.

Dougal moved ahead of

Ashleigh Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3208 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1892 and #4052.
Maddison Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3687 and #3687 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2629 and #4678.
Kim Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3373 and #4747.
Shannon Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3449 and #4812.

Moved ahead of Dougal

Harper Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1756 and #2023 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #3687 and #1294.
Matheo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3449 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #4749 and #2693.
Sander Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3449 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3688.
Theodor Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1981 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2629 and #1201.

Moved the opposite way to Dougal

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dougal went from #1765 to #5119 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dougal went from #1765 to #5119 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dougal went from #1765 to #5119 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dougal went from #1765 to #5119 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Dougal

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dougal went from #1765 to #5119 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dougal went from #1765 to #5119 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dougal went from #1765 to #5119 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dougal went from #1765 to #5119 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #619 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Popularity journey

Dougal by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Dougal at a glance

Dougal by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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