Douglas

maleStatistical record

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

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

Douglas: Recorded since 1952, its highest recorded position is #47, and it stood at #257 in 2024.

6registrars recorded it
127times a registrar ranked it
73years from first to last
#47highest recorded position
23groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#218
1997	#246
1998	#260
1999	#292
2000	#282
2001	#324
2002	#325
2003	#332
2004	#298
2005	#412
2006	#425
2007	#386
2008	#508
2009	#385
2010	#402
2011	#384
2012	#314
2013	#338
2014	#276
2015	#305
2016	#289
2017	#290
2018	#279
2019	#261
2020	#253
2021	#227
2022	#253
2023	#263
2024	#257

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 Republic of Ireland in 45 of the 60 years from 1964 to 2023.

In 2024: #257 among boys in England and Wales, #290 among boys in Scotland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1952–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #47 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Highest recorded1952–1981
Highest recorded position: #47 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 1952 (recorded 1952–1981).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #257 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Douglas appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, with 45 ranked years and 355 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Boys, from 1952.

Douglas across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Douglas's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#175 (1964)	#140 (1968)	#770 (2023)	45 of 60	355 (1964–2023)	17 (1968)
New Zealand · Boys	#49 (1954)	#49 (1954)	#71 (1984)	25 of 31	2,587 (1954–1984)	151 (1954)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#47 (1952)	#47 (1952)	#94 (1981)	24 of 30	2,852 (1952–1981)	198 (1952)
England and Wales · Boys	#218 (1996)	#218 (1996)	#257 (2024)	29 of 29	3,773 (1996–2024)	223 (2021)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#241 (1999)	#241 (1999)	#418 (2019)	3 of 21	11 (1999–2019)	4 (1999)

Douglas by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Douglas in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	60	6 of 10	10
1970sbusiest	127	10 of 10	13
1980s	72	9 of 10	8
1990s	31	5 of 10	6
2000s	23	6 of 10	4
2010s	32	7 of 10	5
2020s	10	2 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Douglas 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 6 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #47 in New South Wales, Australia in 1955.

Douglas'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	#257	182	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#263	174	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#253	184	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#227	223	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#253	188	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#261	188	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#279	179	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#290	173	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#289	175	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#305	152	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#276	171	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#338	122	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#314	144	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#384	103	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#402	98	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#385	101	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#508	68	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#386	93	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#425	78	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#412	71	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#298	100	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#332	82	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#325	81	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#324	82	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#282	97	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#292	93	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#260	109	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#246	120	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#218	142	High	Verified
1981	New South Wales, Australia	male	#94	80	Insufficient	Not yet available
1980	New South Wales, Australia	male	#100	66	Insufficient	Not yet available
1975	New South Wales, Australia	male	#95	69	Insufficient	Not yet available
1972	New South Wales, Australia	male	#98	75	Insufficient	Not yet available
1971	New South Wales, Australia	male	#97	81	Insufficient	Not yet available
1970	New South Wales, Australia	male	#87	88	Insufficient	Not yet available
1969	New South Wales, Australia	male	#96	75	Insufficient	Not yet available
1968	New South Wales, Australia	male	#77	86	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New South Wales, Australia	male	#77	80	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	male	#73	101	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	male	#69	102	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New South Wales, Australia	male	#69	109	Insufficient	Not yet available
1963	New South Wales, Australia	male	#68	120	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	male	#67	123	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	male	#70	112	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	male	#60	149	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	male	#66	130	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	male	#60	150	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	male	#55	158	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New South Wales, Australia	male	#48	177	Insufficient	Not yet available
1955	New South Wales, Australia	male	#47	176	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	male	#48	162	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	male	#47	185	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	male	#47	198	Insufficient	Not yet available
1984	New Zealand	male	#71	72	High	Verified
1983	New Zealand	male	#85	62	High	Verified
1982	New Zealand	male	#87	53	High	Verified
1980	New Zealand	male	#84	59	High	Verified
1979	New Zealand	male	#88	60	High	Verified
1976	New Zealand	male	#95	64	High	Verified
1972	New Zealand	male	#90	80	High	Verified
1971	New Zealand	male	#99	75	High	Verified
1970	New Zealand	male	#85	86	High	Verified
1969	New Zealand	male	#84	93	High	Verified
1968	New Zealand	male	#79	96	High	Verified
1967	New Zealand	male	#78	98	High	Verified
1966	New Zealand	male	#70	103	High	Verified
1965	New Zealand	male	#72	100	High	Verified
1964	New Zealand	male	#57	135	High	Verified
1963	New Zealand	male	#64	124	High	Verified
1962	New Zealand	male	#61	127	High	Verified
1961	New Zealand	male	#64	128	High	Verified
1960	New Zealand	male	#55	140	High	Verified
1959	New Zealand	male	#55	142	High	Verified
1958	New Zealand	male	#59	128	High	Verified
1957	New Zealand	male	#53	135	High	Verified
1956	New Zealand	male	#49	144	High	Verified
1955	New Zealand	male	#50	132	High	Verified
1954	New Zealand	male	#49	151	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#418	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#342	4	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#241	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#503	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#508	6	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#534	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#540	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	4	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	9	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	9	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#275	5	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	4	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#215	7	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#207	8	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#218	7	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#197	10	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#214	8	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#205	10	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#228	8	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#205	11	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#187	13	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#188	12	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#194	12	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#198	12	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#168	17	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	10	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#178	15	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#207	9	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#179	13	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#167	14	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#174	12	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#140	17	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#196	7	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#199	6	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#161	10	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#175	8	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#290	13	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
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 6 registrars between 1952 and 2024, ranked in 70 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #47, first reached in 1952.

It held a top-100 place in 29 years, 21 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 223 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1954, and 72 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.

Dougal · #619, 27y
Dougie · #287, 26y
Dov · #1363, 27y
Dovid · #1282, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 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.

Morgan · #48, 65y
Bronwyn · #49, 70y
Leonie · #49, 73y
Malcolm · #45, 71y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Laurence · #47, 66y
Kaia · #46, 54y
Lynda · #48, 56y
Maurice · #46, 69y

Douglas was ranked #47 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 1952. 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.

Douglas 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 Douglas without appearing here.

Douglas moved ahead of

Calum Compare
In 2011 they stood at #384 and #361 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #314 and #507.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2010 they stood at #611 and #611 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2011 that had become #540 and #730.
Ian Compare
In 2008 they stood at #508 and #418 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #385 and #552.
Justin Compare
In 2013 they stood at #338 and #307 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #276 and #442.

Moved ahead of Douglas

Harris Compare
In 2022 they stood at #454 and #572 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #770 and #436.
Daithi Compare
In 2022 they stood at #454 and #572 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #770 and #472.
Oscar Compare
In 2000 they stood at #242 and #261 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2001 that had become #409 and #127.
Jesse Compare
In 2000 they stood at #242 and #251 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2001 that had become #409 and #215.

Moved the opposite way to Douglas

Benjamin Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Douglas went from #175 to #770 while Benjamin went from #139 to #71.
Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Douglas went from #175 to #770 while Conor went from #56 to #12.
Isaac Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Douglas went from #175 to #770 while Isaac went from #232 to #83.
Leo Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Douglas went from #175 to #770 while Leo went from #101 to #16.

Moved the same way as Douglas

Adrian Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Douglas went from #175 to #770 and Adrian from #65 to #268.
Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Douglas went from #175 to #770 and Alfred from #134 to #472.
Andrew Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Douglas went from #175 to #770 and Andrew from #34 to #146.
Brendan Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Douglas went from #175 to #770 and Brendan from #17 to #288.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 6 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #47 in New South Wales, Australia in 1955. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Douglas

Douglas at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Douglas across 5 official records

Douglas by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Douglas appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Douglas

Douglas and the names beside it

Douglas moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Douglas

Moved the opposite way to Douglas

Moved the same way as Douglas

Douglas at a glance

Douglas across 5 official records

Douglas by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Douglas appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Douglas

Douglas and the names beside it

Douglas moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Douglas

Moved the opposite way to Douglas

Moved the same way as Douglas